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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

Nov 9, 2021, 19 tweets

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Stockholm's war on interoperability; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/11/09/skr…

#Pluralistic 1/

Stockholm's war on interoperability: An object lesson in how (not) to resolve the tension between comcom and privacy.

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#15yrsago Why Zune shouldn’t pay blood money to Universal cdm.link/2006/11/univer…

#10yrsago Policy-by-nudging unsupported by evidence, and undemocratic newscientist.com/article/mg2122…

#10yrsago Occupy Atlanta encamps on lawn of house under foreclosure threat web.archive.org/web/2011110922… 3/

#10yrsago Ben from Ben and Jerry’s serves ice-cream to Occupiers secure.flickr.com/photos/6215956…

#5yrsago A history of Chinese science fiction, from 475 BC to Cixin Liu mithilareview.com/wang_11_16/ 4/

#5yrsago How Audi cheated emissions tests: if (steering) then (pollute) jalopnik.com/america-figure…

#5yrsago A lightbulb worm could take over every smart light in a city in minutes eyalro.net/project/iotwor…

#1yrago Boundless Realms pluralistic.net/2020/11/09/bou… 5/

Yesterday's threads: Imagining the end of capitalism; Charlie Jane Anders' Victories Greater Than Death; Right-Clicker-Mentality; 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… 7/

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… 8/

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/ 9/

Upcoming appearances:

* Anti-Dystopian Congress (@GoetheInstitut), Nov 10-12
goethe.de/ins/sk/de/kul/…

* Move Fast and Fix Things (@AaronSwartzDay), Nov 13
aaronswartzday.org

* The Kids Are (Kinda) All Right (San Diego @Comic_Con), Nov 28
eventeny.com/events/comicco… 10/

Recent appearances:

* Seize the Means of Computation (@InternetArchive):


* Making Money (@DIDiscworld)
desertislanddiscworld.com/episodes/6-1-c…

* Reconciling Social Media & Democracy, @TechPolicyPress
techpolicy.press/podcast/ 11/

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… 12/

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/2021/11/09/skr… 13/

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. 14/

My latest @Medium column is "Bait and Switch: Capitalism’s Shell Game: From Robert Bork to John Deere"

medium.com/@doctorow/bait… 15/

If you prefer a newsletter, subscribe to the plura-list, which is also ad- and tracker-free, and is utterly unadorned save a single daily emoji. Today's is "🥷". Suggestions solicited for future emojis! 16/

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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… 18/

Today's top sources: @Slashdot (slashdot.org). 19/

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