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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 22, 2021, 22 tweets

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Private ambulances wants a ban on firefighters rescuing babies; Podcasting "Jam To-Day"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/11/22/amr…

#Pluralistic 1/

I'm going overseas for work on Dec 7, which means time to order signed/personalized copies of my books from @DarkDel is running out!

Attack Surface:
darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co…

Little Brother/Homeland:
darkdel.com/store/p1750/Co… 2/

How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism:
darkdel.com/store/p2024/Co…

Poesy the Monster Slayer:
darkdel.com/store/p1562/_P… 3/

Private ambulances wants a ban on firefighters rescuing babies: American Medical Response says Prescott Valley's firefighters shouldn't be allowed to operate an ambulance.

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Podcasting "Jam To-Day": How to free Big Tech's hostages on day one.

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#10yrsago Interactive chart: understanding the chokepoints for censorship eff.org/free-speech-we…

#10yrsago Open letter from an Army vet to military servicepeople: what will you do when they send you to fight Occupy? nakedcapitalism.com/2011/11/an-ope… 6/

#5yrsago Apple’s ebook store bans books that use Apple trademarks in unapproved (but legal and accurate) ways theendofownership.com/blog/2016/11/1…

#5yrsago Even if you’ve ripped out your laptop’s mic, hackers can listen in through your headphones wired.com/2016/11/great-… 7/

#15yrsago Berlusconi used Hollywood studios for money laundering news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/p…

#15yrsago Newsweek on the anti-DRM movement web.archive.org/web/2006112316…

#10yrsago Swedish Pirate Party MEP Amelia Andersdotter, on taking office at long last torrentfreak.com/pirate-to-join… 8/

#5yrsago Roller Girl: Newberry-honored coming of age graphic novel about roller derby and difficult tween friendships memex.craphound.com/2016/11/21/rol…

#5yrsago London Mayor sends VW a £2.5m bill for Dieselgate cheaters’ Congestion Charges citiesofthefuture.eu/sadiq-khan-ask… 9/

#1yrago Nintendo vs Nintendees pluralistic.net/2020/11/21/wre… 10/

Saturday's threads: Inflation or price-gouging?; 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… 12/

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… 13/

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/ 14/

Upcoming appearances:

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

* @intgovforum (Warsaw), Dec 10
intgovforum.org/en/schedule/20… 15/

Recent appearances:

* Move Fast and Fix Things (@AaronSwartzDay)


* @BridgeTales:
buzzsprout.com/1795352/9527530

* Seize the Means of Computation (@internetarchive):
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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… 17/

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/2021/11/22/amr… 18/

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.

My latest Medium column is "Apple’s Right-to-Repair U-turn:

medium.com/@doctorow/appl… 19/

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Subscribe here: pluralistic.net/plura-list 20/

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… 21/

Today's top sources: @0xMatt (twitter.com/0xMatt). 22/

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