Thread by @doctorow

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Terra Nullius; How they're killing the post office; When you hear "intangibles"...; Text-based, cyberpunk MMORPG; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2020/08/11/nor…

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Terra Nullius: Podcasting my column about "IP," John Locke, genocide and erasure.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1293213604150304768

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How they're killing the post office: The USPS has been under threat for decades, but now it's an existential crisis.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1293222027499732992

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When you hear "intangibles"...: Think "monopolies."

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1293226064114618368

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Text-based, cyberpunk MMORPG: CyberCode Online is based on the VSCode interface.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1293228375536857088

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#5yrsago US lobbying for TPP to lock up clinical trial data theconversation.com/how-the-battle…

#5yrsago Felicia Day's "You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)" boingboing.net/2015/08/11/fel…

#5yrsago War Boy bandanas etsy.com/listing/243757…

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#5yrsago Oracle's CSO demands an end to customers checking Oracle products for defects arstechnica.com/information-te…

#5yrsago The failed writer who became NSA's in-house "philosopher" theintercept.com/2015/08/11/sur…

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#5yrsago Overshare: Justin Hall's biopic about the first social media/blogging

#5yrsago Insurance monitoring dashboard devices used by Uber let hackers "cut your brakes" over wireless wired.com/2015/08/hacker…

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#1yrago Brazil's highest court rules that Bolsonaro cannot use criminal investigations to harass Glenn Greenwald and The Intercept web.archive.org/web/2019081102…

#1yrago Compromised speakers can be forced to play tones so loud that the speakers start to melt wired.com/story/acoustic…

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#1yrago Donor maps show just how widespread Sanders' support is nytimes.com/interactive/20…

#1yrago Big Pharma's origin: how the Chicago School and private equity shifted medicine's focus from health to wealth newrepublic.com/article/149438…

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Yesterday's threads: Warren Buffet, monopolist; Uber lost $4b in H1/2020; Dragon's Lair skeleton Dirk pin; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1292848103377080321

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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/

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Upcoming talks:

* Virtual event with Christopher Brown for his novel "Failed State," Aug 12, bookpeople.com/event/virtual-…

* Induction into the CSFFA Hall of Fame, Aug 15, whenwordscollide.org/canvention.php

* Keynote for Law Via the Internet conference, Sept 22, crowdcast.io/e/LVI2020/regi…

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My first picture book just came 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 Rockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.

pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poe…

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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @[e-mail].

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Today's top sources: Four Short Links (oreilly.com/feed/four-shor…), Naked Capitalism (nakedcapitalism.com).

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