Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Conservatives are fringe outliers - and leftists could learn from them; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/06/16/tha…
#Pluralistic
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I'm taking some time off - see you again in mid-July!
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Conservatives are fringe outliers - and leftists could learn from them: Unhinged QGOP freaks may be completely unhinged, but they know how to use power.
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Hey look at this
* Saving the News from #BigTech eff.org/files/2023/06/…
* Climate-Friendly Cocktail Recipes Go Light on Ice scientificamerican.com/article/climat… (h/t @yvessmith)
* Noir thriller #RedTeamBlues captures the anxious tension of our time theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/rev…
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#15yrsago Swedes take to the street to fight #DomesticSpying politics.slashdot.org/story/08/06/17…
#15yrsago How Canada’s DMCA will criminalize everyday Canadians web.archive.org/web/2008061819…
#10yrsago Men in Toronto Mayor #RobFord crack photo arrested in gang sweep thestar.com/news/gta/2013/…
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#10yrsago #NSA admits it listens in on US phone calls and reads US emails without a warrant cnet.com/tech/tech-indu…
#10yrsago Turkish EU minister: protesters will be treated as terrorists hurriyetdailynews.com/police-to-cons…
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#5yrsago Adventure House: the sequel to the #HauntedMansion that never was passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2018/06/marc-d…
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Yesterday's threads: Google makes millions on paid abortion disinformation; 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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Recent appearances:
* Red Team Blues: Conversation w/@seancranbury (@MassyBooks)
* How To Save News Media From Our Tech Overlords (@CANADALAND)
canadaland.com/podcast/888-ho…
* AI is not artificial or intelligent (w/@jamesbridle)
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You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!
Here's today's edition: pluralistic.net/2023/06/16/tha…
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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 "The Shitty Tech Adoption Curve Has a Business Model"
doctorow.medium.com/the-shitty-tec…
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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: @delong (braddelong.substack.com), @billmckibben (billmckibben.substack.com).
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