Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: The true, Terry Pratchett-esque origins of the trillion-dollar coin; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/10/19/moi…
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The paperback for Attack Surface - a standalone Little Brother book for adults - is out!
us.macmillan.com/books/97812507…
Signed copies:
darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co…
One-month only audiobook sale with Little Brother and Homeland:
sowl.co/uqT2G
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The true, Terry Pratchett-esque origins of the trillion-dollar coin: It's a feature, not a bug.
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#20yrsago @CShirky on what web services are(n't) web.archive.org/web/2001110908…
#20yrsago @pnh interviews John M Ford people.well.com/conf/inkwell.v…
#15yrsago Publishing isn’t bestseller-driven nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/ar…
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#15yrsago Vista licence: Microsoft’s abusive relationship with you wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/…
#10yrsago Belarusian central bank auctions off its sugar bowls theguardian.com/world/2011/oct…
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#5yrsago Public universities and even the US Navy have sold hundreds of patents to America’s most notorious troll eff.org/deeplinks/2016…
#5yrsago Harry Shearer sues studio over Spinal Tap, says he’s received $98 in royalties over 30 years yahoo.com/entertainment/…
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#5yrsago Crafting with Feminism: 25 Girl-Powered Projects to Smash the Patriarchy memex.craphound.com/2016/10/19/cra…
#1yrago Kids reason, adults rationalize pluralistic.net/2020/10/19/nan…
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Yesterday's threads: Corporatism made John Deere ripe for a strike; Copyfraudster censors investigation of implausible covid gadget; At last, a new Econ 101 textbook; Podcasting "Dead Letters"; and more!
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My latest book is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.
Signed copies at @darkdel:
darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co…
One-month, $30 audiobook bundle with all three Little Brother books:
sowl.co/uqT2G
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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:
* From Wayback to Way Forward: The @InternetArchive turns 25, Oct 21
eventbrite.com/e/from-wayback…
* Lessons from the First Internet Ages (@KnightFndn), Nov 2-3
blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/…
* Keynote for @SeaGL 2021, Nov 5-6
seagl.org/news/2021/06/0…
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Recent appearances:
* Reconciling Social Media & Democracy, @TechPolicyPress
techpolicy.press/podcast/
* @InternetArchive:
* Trom:
videos.trom.tf/w/2vBxVQTa4hfC…
* This Week in Google
open.spotify.com/show/0lTcKFcbc…
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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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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 "Against the great forces of history," What @AdaPalmer’s University of Chicago Papal election LARP can teach us about our own future
medium.com/@doctorow/agai…
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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @pluralistic@mamot.fr.
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Today's Sources: @NakedCapitalism (nakedcapitalism.com)
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