Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Copyleft lawsuit against Vizio will allow anyone to defend the commons; The monopoly strategy behind the Google/Microsoft mobile patent wars; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/10/20/viz…
#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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Copyleft lawsuit against Vizio will allow anyone to defend the commons: Software Freedom Conservancy realizes the dream of "Community-Oriented GPL Enforcement."
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The monopoly strategy behind the Google/Microsoft mobile patent wars: The victory condition isn't highest profits, it's market dominance.
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#15yrsago Boy Scouts shill for MPAA with copyright merit badge web.archive.org/web/2006111006…
#10yrsago Canadian Tories admit that Canadians don’t want DRM rules, push for them anyway hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…
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#5yrsago Turing’s law: UK to retroactively pardon thousands of men prosecuted for having sex with men bbc.com/news/uk-377115…
#5yrsago By stealing from innocents, Chicago PD amassed tens of millions in a secret black budget for surveillance gear chicagoreader.com/news-politics/…
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#5yrsago Turkish court fines bystander/tourist who sued police for shooting out his eye hurriyetdailynews.com/kyrgyz-tourist…
#5yrsago Montana judge unrepentant after sentencing man to 60 days for repeatedly raping his own 12 year old daughter edition.cnn.com/2016/10/19/us/…
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#1yrago Cadillac perfects the murdermobile pluralistic.net/2020/10/20/the…
#1yrago Feds gouge states, subsidize corporations pluralistic.net/2020/10/20/the…
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Yesterday's threads: The true, Terry Pratchett-esque origins of the trillion-dollar coin; 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, Tech Policy Press
techpolicy.press/podcast/
* Internet Archive:
* 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 Rockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.
pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poe…
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Here's today's edition: pluralistic.net/2021/10/20/viz…
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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/2021/10/20/viz…
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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.
Here's today's edition: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1…
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Today's top sources: @Slashdot (slashdot.org), Economics From the Top Down (economicsfromthetopdown.com).
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