Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Massive Predpol leak confirms that it drives racist policing; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/12/02/emp…
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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/
Massive Predpol leak confirms that it drives racist policing: As with McKinsey consultants, buying Predpol is a way to buy outside validation for the indefensible.
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#20yrsago What is Dean Kamen's "IT"? web.archive.org/web/2001120309…
#5yrsago British politicians exempt themselves from warrantless spying under the Snoopers Charter independent.co.uk/life-style/gad… 5/
#5yrsago Bernie Sanders: Trump just used your taxes to reward Carrier for offshoring American jobs washingtonpost.com/posteverything…
#1yrago Nalo Hopkinson, Science Fiction Grand Master pluralistic.net/2020/12/02/in-… 6/
Yesterday's threads: Fintech is a scam, a listicle in eight parts; Teaching thread management with puzzle games; 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… 8/
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… 9/
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:
* @intgovforum (Warsaw), Dec 10
intgovforum.org/en/schedule/20…
* Competition and Regulation in Disrupted Times, Dec 16
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Recent appearances:
* Redistribute the Internet (@NGIForward Summit)
vimeo.com/651018259
* NFTs (@UpstreamPodcast)
soundcloud.com/upstreampodcas…
* Policy, Profit, Privacy, and Privilege (ACM-@USTPC):
acm.org/public-policy/… 12/
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… 13/
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My latest Medium column is "Give Me Slack":
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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @pluralistic@mamot.fr.
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Today's top sources: @JuliaAngwin (twitter.com/JuliaAngwin/).
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