Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Vaccine refusal and health insurance; Congress has allocated enough money to end the eviction crisis; Utilities governed like empires; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/08/04/eig…
#Pluralistic
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I'm giving the keynote for the (free) virtual track at @Defcon 29 (Aug 5-8): "Privacy Without Monopoly: Paternalism Works Well, But Fails Badly."
defcon.org/html/defcon-29…
It's based on the white paper Bennett Cyphers and I co-wrote for EFF:
eff.org/wp/interoperab…
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Vaccine refusal and health insurance: Insurers to unvaccinated: "Drop dead."
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Congress has allocated enough money to end the eviction crisis: But they asked the states to hand it out.
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Utilities governed like empires: One bad account disconnection can cost you everything.
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#20yrsago Collectible AOL CDs web.archive.org/web/2001081614…
#15yrsago Gonzales: Gitmo prisoners can be held indefinitely web.archive.org/web/2006083114…
#10yrsago Getting digital copyright right: pay artists, but don’t break the Internet straight.com/article-415146…
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#10yrsago Google Plus’s “Real Name” policy is abusive; Facebook is not a “Real Name” success story zephoria.org/thoughts/archi…
#5yrsago After repeated budget cuts, Missouri’s underfunded Public Defender drafts the Governor to work for him web.archive.org/web/2016080406…
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#5yrsago Copyright Office to FCC: Hollywood should be able to killswitch your TV eff.org/deeplinks/2016…
#5yrago Residents of Silicon Valley homeless camp clear 48,000 Lbs of garbage from creek, ask for housing mercurynews.com/2016/08/03/san…
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#5yrsago Spoofing GPS is surprisingly easy detecting it is surprisingly hard spectrum.ieee.org/protecting-gps…
#5yrsago IOC bans GIFs theverge.com/2016/8/4/12379…
#1yrago Jack Dorsey's interop plan pluralistic.net/2020/08/04/att…
#1yrago Google acquires major stake in ADT pluralistic.net/2020/08/04/att…
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My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books. @washingtonpost called it "a political cyberthriller, vigorous, bold and savvy about the limits of revolution and resistance."
Get signed books from @darkdel: darkdel.com/store/p1840/Av…
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Yesterday's threads: Elite debt hits record heights; and more!
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My book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" is a critique of Big Tech connecting conspiratorial thinking to the rise of tech monopolies (proposing a way to deal with both) is now out in paperback:
onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy…
Signed copies here:
darkdel.com/store/p2024/Av…
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
craphound.com/shop/
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Upcoming appearances:
* Privacy Without Monopoly, @Defcon 29, Aug 7
defcon.org/html/defcon-29…
* Keynote speaker, The Quills Conference, Aug 12-15
quillsconference.com
* Launch for @ben_rosenbaum's The Unraveling, Aug 23 (@Booksoup)
booksoup.com/event/benjamin…
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Recent appearances:
* Building the Digital Commons (@moneyontheleft)
moneyontheleft.org/2021/08/01/bui…
* Reset the Internet? (Project Syndicate)
project-syndicate.org/podcasts/reset…
* Trustbusting (@NicoleSandler)
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My first picture book is out! It's called Poesy the Monster Slayer and it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by Matt @MCRockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.
pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poe…
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You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!
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If you're a @Medium subscriber, you can read these - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.
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My latest @Medium column is "Managing aggregate demand," part three of a series on themepark design, queing theory, immersive entertainment, and load-balancing.
doctorow.medium.com/managing-aggre…
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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @pluralistic@mamot.fr.
Here's today's edition: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1…
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