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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

Oct 19, 2021, 20 tweets

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…

#Pluralistic

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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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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/2021/10/19/moi…

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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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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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Today's Sources: @NakedCapitalism (nakedcapitalism.com)

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