Thread by @doctorow

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Feds gouge states, subsidize corporations; Cadillac perfects the murdermobile; Solar's "miracle material"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2020/10/20/the…

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Today's Attack Surface Lecture: Tech in SciFi with @kyliu99 and @annaleen eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctoro…

Full schedule: attacksurface.com

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Feds gouge states, subsidize corporations: The Federal Reserve is overcharging local governments and showering money on zombie corporations.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1318553627716390914

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Cadillac perfects the murdermobile: "It took 13 children seated in a line in front of the Escalade before the driver could see the tops of their heads."

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1318566690859347968

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Solar's "miracle material": A perovskite breakthrough.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1318573279041384448

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#15yrsago Finnish copyright minister carries fake Prada bag on official business hietanen.typepad.com/copyfraud/2005…

#15yrsago Chinese activist to Jerry Yang: You are helping to maintain an evil system web.archive.org/web/2005102702…

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#10yrsago Scary Godmother: delightful, spooky graphic storybook for kids memex.craphound.com/2010/10/20/sca…

#5yrsago The Welcome to Night Vale novel dances a tightrope between weird humor and real pathos memex.craphound.com/2015/10/20/the…

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#5yrsago Reality check: we know nothing whatsoever about simulating human brains mathbabe.org/2015/10/20/gue…

#5yrsago How the market for zero-day vulnerabilities works arstechnica.com/information-te…

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#5yrsago How a lobbyist/doctor couple are destroying Worker’s Comp across America propublica.org/article/inside…

#1yrago Yahoo Groups archivists despair as Verizon blocks their preservation efforts ahead of shutdown web.archive.org/web/2019102104…

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Yesterday's threads: Turning plastics into carbon nanotubes; Kids reason, adults rationalize; Someone Comes to Town Part 19; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1318217210955927552

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I have a (free) new book out! "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" is an anti-monopolist critique of Big Tech that connects the rise of conspiratorial thinking to the rise of tech monopolies and proposes a way to deal with both:

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Upcoming talks:

* Milehicon (Guest of Honor!), Oct 23-5, milehicon.org

* Coding Democracy/Toronto International Festival of Authors, Oct 24 festivalofauthors.ca/event/maureen-…

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Recent appearances:

* TWiT: The J to J Protocol
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* Writing Excuses: Researching the FCK out of Things
writingexcuses.com/2020/10/11/15-…

* SRSLY WRONG: Stop Techno Dystopia!
srslywrong.com/podcast/220-st…

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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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Today's top sources: Super Punch (superpunch.net), Naked Capitalism (nakedcapitalism.com), Slashdot (slashdot.org).

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