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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Student debt strike called for May 1; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/03/06/i-w…

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Today (Mar 6), I'm a guest on @TWiT, from 1415hPT-17hPT:

youtube.com/ThisWeekinTech 2/

Student debt strike called for May 1: If Biden won't fulfill his campaign promise, we'll do it for him.

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#20yrsago The Homeless Hacker web.archive.org/web/2002060100…

#15yrsago China blocks Livejournal web.archive.org/web/2007030809…

#15yrsago @charltonbrooker reviews the Samsung E900 theguardian.com/commentisfree/… 4/

#10yrsago TSA to nursing mother: breast-pump can’t go through security unless you pump your breasts first abcnews.go.com/Travel/hawaiia…

#5yrsago TSA’s new “pat-downs” are so invasive, airports are pre-emptively warning cops to expect sexual assault claims consumerist.com/2017/03/06/tsa… 5/

#5yrsago Chris Christie’s Port Authority boss blackmailed United into scheduling a flight to bring him to his weekend place cnn.com/2017/03/06/us/… 6/

Yesterday's threads: How to be safer while using Telegram in Russia and Ukraine; and more!

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Hey Look At This:

* Poesy the Monster Slayer cosplay:

* Chonky Palmtop gitlab.com/norris.daniel/… (h/t @JWZ) 8/

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:

* Competition & Regulation in Disrupted Times (@News_CRA/Brussels), Mar 31
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* Emerging Technologies For the Enterprise, Apr 19-20
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Recent appearances:

* Seize the Means of Computation (Boston Computation Club)

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* Policy Implications of Web3 (@StanfordCyber)


* Big Tech/Surveillance Capitalism (@shaunattwood):
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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… 14/

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My latest @Medium column is: "All (Broadband) Politics Are Local: A Chance for Individuals to Make a Difference"

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Today's top sources: @yvessmith (nakedcapitalism.com). 20/