Thread by @doctorow

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Facebook loses users, makes more money; DRM horror-stories needed; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2020/10/30/rig…

#Pluralistic

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Facebook loses users, makes more money: It's good to be king.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1322191050996289538

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DRM horror-stories needed: Your chance to change the law.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1322197191692226560

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#15yrsago Sony DRM uses black-hat rootkits web.archive.org/web/2005110205…

#15yrsago Public Enemy’s Internet strategy web.archive.org/web/2005110305…

#5yrsago Petition: Rename Stephen Harper to “Calgary International Airport” change.org/p/rename-steph…

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#1yrago Leaked document reveals that Sidewalk Labs’ Toronto plans for private taxation, private roads, charter schools, corporate cops and judges, and punishment for people who choose privacy theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

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#1yrago After suing NSO Group for hacking Whatsapp, Facebook kicks NSO employees off its services arstechnica.com/information-te…

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Yesterday's threads: Amazon says only corporations own property; Violent cops' deadly victim complex; Sue your medical bully; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1321837272522661889

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My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books. @washingtonpost called it "a political cyberthriller, vigorous, bold and savvy about the limits of revolution and resistance."

Get signed books from @darkdel: darkdel.com/store/p1840/Av…

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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:

onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy…

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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 appearances:

* How to Fix the Internet/Reboot 2020, Nov 9, rebootconference.org/day-two

* Cyberterrorists, Post-Apocalyptic Landscapes, and Were-Pomeranians/Texas Book Festival, Nov 12, texasbookfestival.org/events/cyberte…

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Recent appearances:

* Author Stories Podcast


* The Gould Standard:
glenngould.ca/thegouldstanda…

* Attack Surface: A Reckoning
draxfiles.com/2020/10/26/sho…

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My first picture book is 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: Slashdot (slashdot.org)

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