Thread by @doctorow

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Pornhub and payment processors; Asset forfeiture is just theft; EU competition rules have real teeth; Blockchain voting is bullshit; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2020/12/15/iow…

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Pornhub and payment processors: No one elected Visa and Mastercard.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1338628928357842944

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Asset forfeiture is just theft: Cops steal more than robbers.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1338881851247665153

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EU competition rules have real teeth: The DSA and DMA are unveiled.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1338889204709781504

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Blockchain voting is bullshit: Yet another problem blockchain doesn't, can't and won't solve.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1338902101397655552

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#15yrsago HOWTO make a DRM CD freedom-to-tinker.com/2005/12/15/mak…

#10yrsago DanKam: mobile app to correct color blindness dankaminsky.com/2010/12/15/dan…

#10yrsago UBS’s 43-page dress code requires tie-knots that match your facial morphology wsj.com/articles/SB100…

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#5yrsago Sometimes, starting the Y-axis at zero is the BEST way to lie with statistics waxy.org/2015/12/lying_…

#5yrsago Do Androids Dream of Electric Victim-Blamers? neverbeenmad.tumblr.com/post/134528463…

#5yrsago Neil Gaiman reads “A Christmas Carol” nypl.org/blog/2014/12/1…

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Yesterday's threads: Situation Normal; China's best investigative stories of 2020; Where money comes from; Raising money for Chelsea Manning; Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town part 26; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1338581606051635203

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Recent appearances:

* Worldshapers
theworldshapers.com/2020/12/06/epi…

* A More Competitive Web (Techdirt Podcast): techdirt.com/articles/20201…

* Big Tech Podcast:
cigionline.org/big-tech/cory-…

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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: Bruce Schneier (schneier.com), Naked Capitalism (nakedcapitalism.com).

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