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Author/activist/journalist. New book: THE BEZZLE, a thriller about the Shitty Tech Adoption Curve https://t.co/4ZExCQHv6q @pluralistic@mamot.fr

Sep 29, 2021, 19 tweets

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Debts that can't be paid, won't be paid; "Are you calling me a racist?"; Wells Fargo can't stop criming; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/09/29/jub…

#Pluralistic

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Debts that can't be paid, won't be paid: The first David Graeber Foundation meetup, between Thomas Piketty and Michael Hudson.



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"Are you calling me a racist?": The libertarian case for racism.



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Wells Fargo can't stop criming: The nation's third-biggest bank is a criminal enterprise.



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#20yrsago Doonesbury on 9/11 web.archive.org/web/2002030905…

#10yrsago Goodbye letter from Borders employee(s) (?) spills secrets of bookselling trade memex.craphound.com/2011/09/30/goo…

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#5yrsago Arkansas lawmaker who pushed law protecting right to video police is arrested for videoing an arrest theintercept.com/2016/09/30/law…

#1yrago Leaked EU Big Tech rules pluralistic.net/2020/09/30/dea…

#1yrago The Anti-Monopoly War Song pluralistic.net/2020/09/30/dea…

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Yesterday's threads: Democrats can pass the reconciliation today (sorta); 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:

* Reconciling Social Media & Democracy, Tech Policy Press, Oct 7
eventbrite.com/e/from-wayback…
zoom.us/webinar/regist…

* From Wayback to Way Forward: The Internet Archive turns 25, Oct 21

* Keynote for SeaGL 2021, Nov 5-6
seagl.org/news/2021/06/0…

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Recent appearances:

* Infosec Apocaylpse (We're In podcast)
were-in.simplecast.com/episodes/cory-…

* Walled Culture


* Poesy the Monster Slayer, Turn the Page
turnthepage.blubrry.net/2021/09/02/tur…

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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 Rockefeller. 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/2021/09/29/jub…

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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 "Take It Back," about the obscure and absolutely essential right of authors to take back their copyrights after 35 years, and what it means for Disney/Marvel.

doctorow.medium.com/take-it-back-e…

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Subscribe here: pluralistic.net/plura-list

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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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