Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Dependency Confusion; Adam Curtis on criti-hype; Catalytic converter theft; Apple puts North Dakota on blast; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/02/11/rho…

#Pluralistic

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This weekend, I'll be participating in Boskone 58, Boston's annual sf convention, where I'm doing panels and a reading.

boskone.org

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Dependency Confusion: A completely wild supply-chain hack.



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Adam Curtis on criti-hype: Big Tech as an epiphenomenon of sociopathic mediocrity, not supergenius.



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Catalytic converter theft: Rhodium at $21,900/oz.



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Apple puts North Dakota on blast: Stop thinking different!



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#15yrsago Open Source Hardware Definition turns 1.0 freedomdefined.org/OSHW

#10yrsago Steampunk fetish mask with ear-horn bob-basset.livejournal.com/156159.html

#5yrsago Facebook’s “Free Basics” and colonialism: an argument in six devastating points theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

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#5yrsago UK surveillance bill condemned by a Parliamentary committee, for the third time wired.co.uk/article/strasb…

#5yrsago Disgraced ex-sheriff of LA admits he lied to FBI, will face no more than 6 months in prison latimes.com/local/lanow/la…

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#5yrsago Celebrate V-Day like an early feminist with these Suffragist Valentines lwv.org/blog/votes-wom…

#5yrsago Haunted by a lack of young voter support, Hillary advertises on the AOL login screen washingtonexaminer.com/tag/hillary-cl…

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Yesterday's threads: Crooked cops play music to kill livestreams; Duke is academia's meanest trademark bully; Tory donors reap 100X return on campaign contributions; A criminal enterprise with a country attached; 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."

craphound.com/shop/

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Upcoming appearances:

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

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

* Technology, Self-Determination, and the Future of the Future (Purdue CERIAS), Feb 17, cerias.purdue.edu/news_and_event…

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Recent appearances:

* Chop Shop Economics soundcloud.com/chopshopeconom…

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

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

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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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13 Feb
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Privacy Without Monopoly; Broad Band; $50T moved from America's 90% to the 1%; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/02/13/dat…

#Pluralistic

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This weekend, I'm participating in Boskone 58, Boston's annual sf convention.

boskone.org

Tonight, on a panel called "Tech Innovation? Does Silicon Valley Have A Mind-Control Ray, Or a Monopoly?" at 530PM Pacific.

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Privacy Without Monopoly: A new EFF white paper, co-authored with Bennett Cyphers.



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13 Feb
Inequality requires narrative stabilizers. When you have too little and someone else has more than they can possibly use, simple logic dictates that you should take what they have.

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The forbearance exercised by the many when it comes to the wealth of the few isn't down to guards or laws - rather, the laws and the guards are effective because of the STORY, the story of why this is fair, even inevitable.

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Think of the story of monarchy and its relationship to the Church: the Church affirms that the monarch (and the aristocracy) was chosen by God ("dieu et mon droit") and the monarchy reciprocates by giving the Church moral and economic power within the kingdom.

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13 Feb
One of the most Monkey's Paw things about my life is my relationship to books. When I was a teenager, I read all the way through the school and public libraries, spent everything I had on books, and still couldn't get enough and dreamt of more.

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Today, as a reviewer, I have more books than I can possibly read, huge, teetering mountains of books that I'm desperate to read, far beyond my ability to ever get through them. Periodically, I declare "book bankruptcy," sweep away the backlog and start over.

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Even then, my eyes are bigger than my stomach: I keep back a few books that I can't bear to part with and promise myself I'll read them someday. Usually I don't, but I just did, and boy did I ever make the right call with @TheUniverse's BROAD BAND.

clairelevans.com

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13 Feb
The Force is with you, young Skywalker.. but you are not a Jedi yet. atomic-chronoscaph.tumblr.com/post/642980515…
The Force is with you, young Skywalker.. but you are not a Jedi yet. atomic-chronoscaph.tumblr.com/post/642980515…
The Force is with you, young Skywalker.. but you are not a Jedi yet. atomic-chronoscaph.tumblr.com/post/642980515…
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13 Feb
Today, @EFF published "Privacy Without Monopoly: Data Protection and Interoperability," a major new paper by Bennett Cyphers and me.

eff.org/wp/interoperab…

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It's a paper that tries to resolve the tension between demanding that tech platforms gather, retain and mine less of our data, and the demand that platforms allow alternatives (nonprofits, co-ops, tinkerers, startups) to connect with their services.

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It starts from the premise that tech companies abuse our data because they CAN: because they know we're locked into their silos, because they know we have few alternatives even if we decide to abandon our social ties and move elsewhere.

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David Byrne performing “Thank You For Sending Me An Angel” on American Bandstand

1979

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David Byrne performing “Thank You For Sending Me An Angel” on American Bandstand

1979

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David Byrne performing “Thank You For Sending Me An Angel” on American Bandstand

1979

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