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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

May 26, 2022, 15 tweets

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Attacking machine learning training by re-ordering data; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/05/26/ini…

#Pluralistic 1/

Attacking machine learning training by re-ordering data: Boy it's hard to audit an AI.

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#10yrago Anno NTK: get a fifteen-year-old tech newsletter delivered fresh each week oblomovka.com/wp/2012/05/25/…

#10yrsago Tech entrepreneur secretly lives at AOL HQ for two months cnet.com/tech/tech-indu…

#1yrago Monopolists are winning the repair wars pluralistic.net/2021/05/26/nix… 3/

Yesterday's threads: Talking with Kim Stanley Robinson about "The High Sierra"; Kim Stanley Robinson's "The High Sierra"; 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… 5/

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… 6/

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/ 7/

Upcoming appearances:

* @openjsf (Austin), Jun 8
events.linuxfoundation.org/openjs-world/p…

* @CMAgovUK Data Technology/Analytics (London), Jun 15-16
eventbrite.co.uk/e/cma-data-tec…

* A New @HOPEconf (NYC), Jul 24
hope.net 8/

Recent appearances:

* The Sci-Fi Feedback Loop: Mapping Fiction’s Influence on Real-World Tech
csi.asu.edu/calendar/event…

* Privacy is the New Celebrity
buzzsprout.com/1806101/106430…

* Revolutionizing Activism — The Power of Utopia (@theC4AA)
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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… 10/

You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

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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 Cement Overshoes"

doctorow.medium.com/apples-cement-… 12/

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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… 14/

Today's top sources: Bruce Schneier (schneier.com). 15/

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