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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

Feb 6, 2023, 20 tweets

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Bruce Schneier's "A Hacker's Mind"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/06/tri…

#Pluralistic 1/

Next week (Feb 8-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We'll be in #Brisbane on Feb 8, and then we're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 9. Next are #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra.

chokepointcapitalism.com 2/

Bruce Schneier's "A Hacker's Mind": Thinking about tactics AND power.

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#20yrsago Macromedia CTO resigns by blog web.archive.org/web/2003020203…

#10yrsago Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan invests in Internet surveillance company that backstops notorious dictatorships thestar.com/opinion/editor… 4/

#10yrsago Website copies articles documenting scandal of disgraced cancer researcher, then uses DMCA to get the originals censored arstechnica.com/science/2013/0… 5/

#10yrsago Games Workshop trademark bullying goes thermonuclear: now they say you can’t use “space marine” in science fiction web.archive.org/web/2013020700… 6/

#10yrsago Canadian businesses lobby for the right to infect peoples’ computers with viruses and rootkits web.archive.org/web/2013020617…

#5yrsago Charlie Stross on the sorry state of science fictional worldbuilding antipope.org/charlie/blog-s… 7/

#5yrsago Cloudflare terminate Sci-Hub domains, declining to challenge court order torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-ter…

#1yrago Woody Guthrie, Songs and Art * Words and Wisdom pluralistic.net/2022/02/06/thi…

#1yrago Explaining UK Fair Dealing with Simpsons clips pluralistic.net/2022/02/06/thi… 8/

Yesterday's threads: When Facebook came for your battery, feudal security failed; and more!

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My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with @rgibli), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

chokepointcapitalism.com

Signed copies available from @BookSoup:

booksoup.com/book/978080700… 10/

My latest novel 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… 11/

My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, @beaconPressBks et al) 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/ 12/

Upcoming appearances:

* Avid Reader (#Brisbane), 2/8
avidreader.com.au/pages/6834-Cho…

* Chokepoint Capitalism: A Kiwi Perspective, 2/13
…alism-a-kiwi-perspective.lilregie.com/booking/attend…

* Future of Arts/Culture/Tech, @ACMI, (#Melbourne), 2/14
acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-co… 13/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @statelibrarynsw (#Sydney), 2/15
sl.nsw.gov.au/events/chokepo…

* ANU/@canberratimes Meet The Author (#Canberra), 2/16
anu.edu.au/events/in-conv…

* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (#Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc… 14/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy (#Brussels), 3/2:
brusselsconference.com/registration 15/

Recent appearances:

* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (@ucl_ibil):


* A theory of how internet platforms die (@Marketplace Tech)
marketplace.org/shows/marketpl…

* Graeber's Pirate Enlightment (Everyday Anarchism)
pca.st/w58ald39 16/

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Here's today's edition: pluralistic.net/2023/02/06/tri… 17/

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 "Small Government: refs have to be more powerful than players"

doctorow.medium.com/small-governme… 18/

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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? You can read my work elsewhere, but it is now a #TwitterCrime to tell you how. Please visit my site, pluralistic.net, for links to find me on less-unhinged places (I can only imagine that my days here are numbered). 20/

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