Thread by @doctorow

Today's threads (a thread).

Inside: Laura Poitras fired from First Look; Kickstarting a pad of "Tiny Paper Dungeons"; Facebook says it's the best henhouse fox; I was investigated by the FBI and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/01/15/hoo…

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Laura Poitras fired from First Look: She says it's because she spoke out on Reality Winner.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1349836201474228226

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Kickstarting a pad of "Tiny Paper Dungeons": Procedural paper adventures for your pocket.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1349840250286211077

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Facebook says it's the best henhouse fox: Only we can stop Qanon.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1349844421206974464/retweets/with_comments

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I was investigated by the FBI: It took 20 years!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1349847417139544064

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Yugoslavia's Cold War obsession with Mexican music: Nonaligned Yumex gave us Celovečernji the Kid.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1349888247380361217

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Machine learning is a honeypot for phrenologists: "AI" researchers just can't put away the fucking calipers.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1350116070263119873

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Disneyland kills annual passes: No more Disney at a stroll.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1350160932454895616

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Tesla's valuation is 1600x its profitability: Finacialization, in green and white.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1350164409901932544

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#15yrsago Dr Bronner’s Soap label-quote generator web.archive.org/web/2006011703…

#15yrsago Study: how Canadian copyright law is bought by entertainment co’s web.archive.org/web/2006020714…

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#5yrsago Yosemite agrees to change the names of its significant locations to appease trademark troll outsideonline.com/2048041/yosemi…

#5yrsago Aaron Swartz’s “Against School” – business leaders have been decrying education since 1845 newrepublic.com/article/127317…

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#1yrago Security expert offers hacking advice to students whose campuses have implemented pervasive wireless surveillance gizmodo.com/how-to-hypothe…

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Yesterday's threads: The Black Panther self-care method; Facebook shows mall ninja gear ads on insurrection articles; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1349766380791349249

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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:

* Keynote for linux.conf.au, Jan 22 (US) 23 (Australia) linux.conf.au/schedule/

* Evening with William Gibson, Jan 25, eventbrite.com/e/william-gibs…

* Boskone, 58, Feb 12-15, boskone.org

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Recent appearances:

* Monocle Reads monocle.com/radio/shows/me…

* Hedging Bets on the Future (Motherboard Cyber):
play.acast.com/s/cyber/hedgin…

* Applying the Pandemic Mindset to Climate Change:
hbr.org/podcast/2020/1…

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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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Today's top sources: Boing Boing (boingboing.net), Naked Capitalism (nakedcapitalism.com).

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