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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

Feb 4, 2022, 18 tweets

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: A covid vaccine for your airways; Rail monopolies destroyed the American supply chain; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/02/04/up-…

#Pluralistic 1/

A covid vaccine for your airways: The promising science of nasal spray vaccines.

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Rail monopolies destroyed the American supply chain: Heads they win, tails we lose.

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#10yrsago Bulgarian MPs wear Guy Fawkes mask for ACTA session novinite.com/view_news.php?…

#5yrsago Mobile recharging station operators in India sell tens of thousands of women’s phone numbers to stalkers hindustantimes.com/india-news/gir… 4/

#1yrago Stop the "Stop the Steal" steal pluralistic.net/2021/02/04/vot…

#1yrago Organic fascism pluralistic.net/2021/02/04/vot… 5/

Yesterday's threads: Money is power; When crypto-exchanges go broke, you'll lose it all; 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:

* @boskonenews 59 (Feb 18-20)
boskone.org/program/schedu…

* Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical SF, 1950 to 1985 (@CityLightsBooks), Feb 27
citylights.com/events/dangero…

* Emerging Technologies For the Enterprise, Apr 19-20
2022.phillyemergingtech.com 10/

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/2022/02/04/up-… 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 "The Inevitability of Trusted Third Parties"

doctorow.medium.com/the-inevitabil… 15/

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Subscribe here: pluralistic.net/plura-list 16/

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… 17/

Today's top sources: @yvessmith (nakedcapitalism.com). 18/

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