Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Stockholm's war on interoperability; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/11/09/skr…
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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:
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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:
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Signed copies here:
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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."
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Upcoming appearances:
* Anti-Dystopian Congress (@GoetheInstitut), Nov 10-12
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* Move Fast and Fix Things (@AaronSwartzDay), Nov 13
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* The Kids Are (Kinda) All Right (San Diego @Comic_Con), Nov 28
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Recent appearances:
* Seize the Means of Computation (@InternetArchive):
* Making Money (@DIDiscworld)
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* Reconciling Social Media & Democracy, @TechPolicyPress
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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.
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My latest @Medium column is "Bait and Switch: Capitalism’s Shell Game: From Robert Bork to John Deere"
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