Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Meet the new generation of pro-abortion activists; Anti-vaxers cool the mark; Drone delivery crashes; Facebook escalates war on accountability; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/08/05/com…
#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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Meet the new generation of pro-abortion activists: No more Mx Nice Intersectionalist.
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Anti-vaxers cool the mark: Using sociology to understand the con.
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Drone delivery crashes: What do AI, self-driving cars and Amazon drones have in common?
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Facebook escalates war on accountability: Privacywashing vs Ad Observer.
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#10yrsago German cops call airport full-body pornoscanners “useless,” EU requires opt out from scanning schneier.com/blog/archives/…
#10yrsago Write an adventure novel in three days, the Michael Moorcock way web.archive.org/web/2011070515…
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#10yrsago HTTPS Everywhere goes 1.0: make your browser support secure connections when they’re available eff.org/press/archives…
#5yrsago Vocal fry, uptalking, nasal: women’s voices can never be “right” thecut.com/2016/07/female…
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#5yrsago The Vlogbrothers guide to voting in every state in the union
#5yrsago Bureaucrats disqualify Hong Kong legislative candidates for insufficient loyalty globalvoices.org/2016/08/05/hon…
#1yrago Qanon is magical thinking pluralistic.net/2020/08/05/beh…
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#1yrago Cori Bush triumphs in Missouri pluralistic.net/2020/08/05/beh…
#1yrago Qanon is an ARG pluralistic.net/2020/08/05/beh…
#1yrago GE's billion dollar tax-fraud pluralistic.net/2020/08/05/beh…
#1yrago Contextual ads can save media pluralistic.net/2020/08/05/beh…
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Yesterday's threads: Vaccine refusal and health insurance; Congress has allocated enough money to end the eviction crisis; Utilities governed like empires; and more!
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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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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!
Here's today's edition: pluralistic.net/2021/08/05/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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Today's top sources: @Slashdot (slashdot.org), @JWZ (jwz.org/blog/).
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