Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: The Big Lie that keeps the Uber bezzle alive; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/02/11/bez…
#Pluralistic 1/
The Big Lie that keeps the Uber bezzle alive: A credulous press continues to report massive losses as profitability.
2/
#5yrsago How to legally cross a US (or other) border without surrendering your data and passwords wired.com/2017/02/guide-…
#5yrsago Yale’s college will no longer bear the name of a slaver, from now on, it’s “Grace Murray Hopper” college news.yale.edu/2017/02/11/yal… 3/
#5yrsago Parliament ponders letting US immigration strip-search Canadians in Canadian airports, force them to explain immigration withdrawals cbc.ca/news/politics/…
#1yrago Apple puts North Dakota on blast pluralistic.net/2021/02/11/rho… 4/
#1yrago Adam Curtis on criti-hype pluralistic.net/2021/02/11/rho…
#1yrago Dependency Confusion pluralistic.net/2021/02/11/rho… 5/
Yesterday's threads: Welcome to the Palmerverse; SEC vs private equity ripoffs; Neuromancer today; Gators and Amazon tag-team small sellers; and more!
6/
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/
Recent appearances:
* The End of Uber (@TheWarOnCars)
thewaroncars.org/2022/01/26/the…
* Moral Panic (@Drug_Science Podcast)
drugscience.org.uk/podcast/53-mor…
* @HappenHerePod
iheart.com/podcast/1119-i… 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/2022/02/11/bez… 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.
My latest Medium column is "Crypto + Copyright = 🤡💩"
doctorow.medium.com/crypto-copyrig… 14/
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!
Subscribe here: pluralistic.net/plura-list 15/
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… 16/
Today's top sources: @yvessmith (nakedcapitalism.com). 17/
Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.
A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.