Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Podcasting "View A SKU"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/08/01/dum…
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This Weds (Aug 3), I'll be a guest at the monthly general meeting of the @lmfdems, where we'll be talking about monopoly and trustbusting:
lamesafoothillsdemocraticclub.com/2022/07/29/aug… 2/
Podcasting "View A SKU": A plan to turn Amazon into a dumb pipe.
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Hey look at this
* Reality has a surprising amount of detail johnsalvatier.org/blog/2017/real…
* Thoughts on the future of the web proton.me/blog/future-of… 4/
#20yrsago Internet Radio tax created to kill small webcasters and eliminate competition (by @mcuban) web.archive.org/web/2002080220…
#20yrsago Webcams and life in the panopticon drive-thru.org/#85305317
#15yrsago @GreatDismal’s Spook Country memex.craphound.com/2007/07/31/wil… 5/
#15yrsago @TSA chief: no-fly lists work, but it’s a secret schneier.com/blog/archives/… LA hospital will give out your info “to protect the President” flickr.com/photos/doctoro…
#15yrsago DRM is digital Lysenkoism theguardian.com/technology/200… 6/
#15yrsago Bruce Schneier interviews TSA head Kip Hawley schneier.com/blog/archives/…
#10yrsago Ubisoft’s DRM leaves your computer wide open to browser-based system hijacking pcgamer.com/uplay-security… 7/
#10yrsago @MadelineAsbhy's vN: a science fiction novel about robots, perverts, power and privilege memex.craphound.com/2012/07/31/vn-…
#10yrsago @DoonesburyComic has a new protagonist web.archive.org/web/2012080216…
#10yrsago What can we learn from the Aurora shooting? cnn.com/2012/07/31/opi… 8/
#5yrsago Bitch Doctrine: sympathy, empathy and rage from the @LauriePenny’s red pen of justice memex.craphound.com/2017/08/01/bit…
#5yrsago Amazon’s “fish antibiotics” are a way for uninsured people to buy medicine without paying for doctor’s visits vice.com/en/article/bjx… 9/
#5yrsago Jury to rule on whether the CIA’s torture architects will stand trial for killing and maiming aljazeera.com/news/2017/7/31…
#5yrsago Profile of @LexiAlex: director, martial arts champ, and the first (only) woman to direct a Marvel movie wired.com/story/lexi-ale… 10/
#5yrsago What not to do when you’re anonymous, if you want to stay that way whonix.org/wiki/DoNot
#5yrsago A list of the most deadly calorie bombs for sale at America’s chain restaurants consumerreports.org/consumerist/he… 11/
#5yrsago @IAmJohnOliver reveals Alex Jones’s woo-empire of overpriced, terror-fuelled quack remedies
#5yrsago Security researchers repeatedly warned Kids Pass about bad security, only to be ignored and blocked troyhunt.com/kids-pass-just… 12/
#5yrsago Days before elections, the official in charge of Kenya’s voting machines has been tortured and murdered bbc.com/news/world-afr…
#5yrsago How African speculative fiction gave birth to itself themanchesterreview.co.uk/?cat=343 13/
#5yrsago @Defcon vote-hacking village shows that “secure” voting machines can be broken in minutes thehill.com/policy/cyberse…
#1yrago Games Workshop declares war on its customers (again) pluralistic.net/2021/07/30/spa… 14/
#1yrago @Github pledges legal aid for interoperators pluralistic.net/2021/08/01/bal… 15/
Friday's threads: Spending $200b to relocated doomed communities will save $1T; 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… 17/
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… 18/
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/ 19/
Upcoming appearances:
* @lmfdems general meeting, Aug 3
lamesafoothillsdemocraticclub.com/2022/07/29/aug…
* @DEFCON 30 (Las Vegas), Aug 13
defcon.org/html/defcon-30…
* #UnfinishedLive (NYC), Sept 21-24
live.unfinished.com 20/
Recent appearances:
* DRM Secretly Polices You (@dtnsshow)
dailytechnewsshow.com/2022/07/29/drm…
* Bricking Tractors (Inside Agri-Turf)
inside-agriturf.captivate.fm/episode/bricki…
* Blockchain, Bitcoin & Selling The Brooklyn Bridge (@MMTPodcast):
pileusmmt.libsyn.com/135-cory-docto… 21/
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… 22/
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My latest Medium column is "Divination: How the Tim Powers method for secret histories keeps my creative juices flowing"
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