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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

Sep 16, 2022, 21 tweets

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Moneylike; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/09/16/non…

#Pluralistic 1/

Hey, #Toronto! TONIGHT (Sept 16) I'm launching "Chokepoint Capitalism," @Rgibli's and my new book about unrigging creative labour markets. I'll be at @TypeBooks in the Junction at 7PM. Tell your friends!

typebooks.ca/products/choke… 2/

Moneylike: My Locus Magazine column about what makes money money.

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Hey look at this

* Innovative Infrastructure stephenpunwasi.com/campaign/platf… (h/t Tony Kocurko)

* 3 longitudinal datasets of Yelp review recommendations (>2.5M unique reviews) freedom-to-tinker.com/2022/09/14/we-…

* Say Hello to Crazy Thin ‘Deep Insert’ ATM Skimmers krebsonsecurity.com/2022/09/say-he… 4/

#15yrsago RIP, Robert Jordan nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/ar…

#10yrsago @greatdismal on where the Internet’s Bohemias are wired.com/2012/09/willia…

#10yrsago Talking Heads Live in Rome, 1980 openculture.com/2012/06/live_i… 5/

#10yrsago Maria Del Camino, a mutant excavator mated to a 59 El Camino, with the face of Maria from Metropolis mariadelcamino.tumblr.com

#10yrsago UK Tories put a spam kingpin in charge of the party searchengineland.com/uk-conservativ… 6/

#5yrsago Equifax announces “retirement” of the IT execs who presided over the mass-doxing of America arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#5yrsago The juggalos, class struggle, and the left jacobin.com/2017/09/insane… 7/

Yesterday's threads: California's antitrust case against Amazon; 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… 9/

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… 10/

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/ 11/

Upcoming appearances:

* Chokepoint Capitalism, @TypeBooks Junction (Toronto), 9/16, 7PM
eventbrite.ca/e/chokepoint-c…

* Chokepoint Capitalism, @mcnallyjackson (NYC), Sept 19, 7PM
mcnallyjackson.com/event/rebecca-…

* #UnfinishedLive (NYC), 9/21-23
live.unfinished.com 12/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Chokepoint Capitalism with @reckless, @NYUEngelberg (NYC) 9/23, 7PM
eventbrite.com/e/chokepoint-c…

* Chokepoint Capitalism, SFPL (San Francisco), 9/25
sfpl.org/events/2022/09…

* Chokepoint Capitalism, @BookSoup (LA), 9/27
booksoup.com/event/cory-doc… 13/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Discussing "Adventure Capitalism" with @RayCraib, @SkylightBooks (LA), 9/29
blog.pmpress.org/events/raymond…

* #OnlinePublicSphere2022, 10/3
globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/events/regulat…

* @WEDF_forum, 10/26-28
worldethicaldataforum.org 14/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), 11/16
mailchi.mp/2e2b8a01e992/s… 15/

Recent appearances:

* Where’s My Privacy? (@myjetpackca)
wheresmyjetpack.ca/2022/09/14/doc…

* Launch for @Motherboard's Terraform antho
vice.com/en/article/3ad…

* Crypto and the Left (@TBSocialist)
theblockchainsocialist.com/crypto-and-the… 16/

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… 17/

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Here's today's edition: pluralistic.net/2022/09/16/non… 18/

If you're a @Medium subscriber, you can read these essays - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.

My latest Medium column is "Sound Money: The best money is social, not personal"

doctorow.medium.com/sound-money-28… 19/

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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… 21/

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