Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: A business model for bankrupting the oil companies; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/06/06/tha…
#Pluralistic
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Today 6/6, I'm doing a remote panel on #interoperability for @rightscon:
eff.org/deeplinks/2023…
Wed 7/6, I'm keynoting @republica in #Berlin:
re-publica.com/de/news/rp23-k…
Thu 8/6, I'm at @otherlandberlin Books with my novel *Red Team Blues*:
otherland-berlin.de/de/event-detai…
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A business model for bankrupting the oil companies: Incentives matter (and that matters).
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Hey look at this
* Deep England nyx-edc.bandcamp.com/album/deep-eng… (h/t @iannmcdonald)
* Blatant tech frauds run amok on the biggest online marketplaces arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/0…
* Why is it so hard to buy things that work well? danluu.com/nothing-works/ (h/t @YvesSmiht)
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#20yrsago An idea for email clients memex.craphound.com/2003/06/06/an-…
#15yrsago Patching ancient walls with legos designboom.com/art/jan-vorman…
#15yrsago Security guard: no photography in Union Station; Congresswoman: Oh yes there is! theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_pho…
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#10yrsago Scary Russian business-man insists he isn’t scary: “you are in no possible danger of being murdered if you come to Moscow!” krebsonsecurity.com/2013/06/vruble…
#10yrsago #Doonesbury’s #TransvaginalUltrasound/Republican state house strips web.archive.org/web/2013060612…
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#10yrsago #DHS on #BorderLaptopSearches: we can’t tell you why this is legal, and we won’t limit searches to reasonable suspicion arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
#10yrsago New York Senate makes it a felony to annoy a police officer web.archive.org/web/2013060823…</a.
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#10yrsago Picture Day: wry, superb coming-of-age movie memex.craphound.com/2013/06/06/pic…
#10yrsago Leaked top-secret court order shows that #NSA engages in bulk, sustained, warrantless surveillance of Americans theguardian.com/world/2013/jun…
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#10yrsago Time for total war on #PatentTrolls newyorker.com/tech/annals-of…
#5yrsago UPS #Teamsters ready to stage America’s biggest #strike since 1997, with solidarity as the main sticking point money.cnn.com/2018/06/05/new…
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#5yrsago Judge to #EPA: you are legally required to turn over Pruitt’s documentary evidence for climate denial arstechnica.com/science/2018/0…
#1yrago #MBAs and wage stagnation: Going to business school makes you a dick pluralistic.net/2022/06/06/for…
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#1yrago Against Cozy Catastrophes pluralistic.net/2022/06/06/for…
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Yesterday's threads: Wall Street Journal goes to bat for the vultures who want to steal your house; and more!
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My latest novel is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold!
Signed copies at @DarkDel (US):
darkdel.com/store/p2873/We…
and @ForbiddenPlanet (UK):
forbiddenplanet.com/385004-red-tea…
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My latest nonfiction 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…
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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/
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Upcoming appearances:
* @rightscon, "#Interoperability: from buzzword to a map of solutions," Jun 6 (#CostaRica):
rightscon.org/program/
* @republica keynote, 6/7 (#Berlin)
re-publica.com/de/news/rp23-k…
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* @otherlandberlin event for Red Team Blues, 6/8, 8PM (#Berlin)
otherland-berlin.de/de/event-detai…
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Recent appearances:
* How To Save News Media From Our Tech Overlords (@CANADALAND)
canadaland.com/podcast/888-ho…
* Most AI is not artificial or intelligent (with @jamesbridle)
* @machinekillspod
soundcloud.com/thismachinekil…
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If you're a @Medium subscriber, you can read these essays - and previews of upcoming columns and exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.
My latest Medium column is "Ayyyy Eyeee: The lie that raced around the world before the truth got its boots on"
doctorow.medium.com/ayyyyyy-eyeeee…
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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).
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Today's top sources: @yvessmith (nakedcapitalism.com).
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