Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: David Dayen's MONOPOLIZED; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/01/29/fra…

#Pluralistic

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David Dayen's MONOPOLIZED: Unraveling the grift and telling the tale.



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#15yrsago WAP sucks web.archive.org/web/2006031503…

#10yrsago EFF: FBI may have committed more than 40K intelligence violations since 9/11 eff.org/wp/patterns-mi…

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Yesterday's threads: Mexican indigenous telco wins spectrum fight; How apps steal your location; Understanding /r/wallstreetbets; Knowledge is why you build your own apps; and more!



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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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My 2020 book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" is a critique of Big Tech connecting conspiratorial thinking to the rise of tech monopolies and proposing a way to deal with both:

onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy…

Now, it's available in paperback!

bookshop.org/books/how-to-d…

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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."

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Upcoming appearances:

* Launch for the young adult edition of Edward Snowden's memoir PERMANENT RECORD, Feb 9, eventbrite.com/e/edward-snowd…

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

* Keynote, NISO Plus, Feb 22-25, niso.plus/cory-doctorow-…

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Recent appearances:

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

* Hedging Bets on the Future (Motherboard Cyber):
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* Applying the Pandemic Mindset to Climate Change:
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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 @pluralistic@mamot.fr.

Here's today's edition: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1…

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A thread for #privacy2me/@WEDF2021: "What privacy means to me and why it matters," adapted from HOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM:

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Tagging @m_older, @scalzi, and @MalJayaram in case they're game for answering (and tagging 3 others) too.

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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Thinking through Mitch McConnell's plea for comity; Further, on Mitch McConnell and comity; Understanding the aftermath of r/wallstreetbets; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/01/30/mem…

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Thinking through Mitch McConnell's plea for comity: A thoughtful analysis.



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Further, on Mitch McConnell and comity: I thought about it some more.



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A couple days back, I wrote up my best understanding of what happened with /r/wallstreetbets and meme stocks like Gamestop, trying to show how all the different, seemingly contradictory takes on the underlying financial stuff could all be true.

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In the days since, a new series of contradictory takes has emerged, these ones disputing the meaning of this bizarre financial spectacle, and likewise what response, if any is warranted as it unfurls.

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I think that all of these takes can also be true, and as with the trading itself, reconciling them requires that we widen the frame.

Let's start with Jimmy Carter.

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