Thread by @doctorow

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Whales decry the casino economy; Qualia; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/05/04/law…

#Pluralistic

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This coming Friday (May 7), the @GburgBookFest is featuring me in an interview conducted by John @Scalzi; we pre-recorded the event but I'll be in the live chat for the premiere.



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Whales decry the casino economy: It's the high rollers you gotta watch out for.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1389624782983819265

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Qualia: How Law & Econ pulled a qualitative bait-and-switch.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1389675375207149570

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#20yrsago Linus Torvalds responds to Craig Mundie on open source web.archive.org/web/2002020511…

#15yrsago Danny Hillis on how games are(n’t) like a theme park wired.com/2006/04/disney…

#10yrsago Minnesota GOP leader declares war on Neil Gaiman startribune.com/gop-targets-le…

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#10yrsago Rental laptops equipped with spyware that can covertly activate the webcam and take screenshots web.archive.org/web/2011050411…

#10yrsago John Ashcroft assumes charge of “ethics and professionalism” for Blackwater wired.com/2011/05/blackw…

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#5yrsago The Planet Remade: frank, clear-eyed book on geoengineering, climate disaster, & humanity’s future memex.craphound.com/2016/05/04/the…

#5yrsago US government and SCOTUS change cybercrime rules to let cops hack victims’ computers wired.com/2016/05/now-go…

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#5yrsago Chinese censorship: arbitrary rule changes are a form of powerful intermittent reinforcement techinasia.com/cleverest-thin…

#5yrsago After advertiser complaints, Farm News fires editorial cartoonist who criticized John Deere & Monsanto kcci.com/article/long-t…

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#1yrago XML inventor quits Amazon over whistleblower firings pluralistic.net/2020/05/04/whi…

#1yrago The failure of software licensing pluralistic.net/2020/05/04/whi…

#1yrago Pandemic could make Big Tech our permanent overlords pluralistic.net/2020/05/04/whi…

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#1yrago Hospital CEOs making millions amid cuts pluralistic.net/2020/05/04/whi…

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Yesterday's threads: Dishwashers have become Iphones; Part 5 of How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1389229624035463169

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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 book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" is a critique of Big Tech connecting conspiratorial thinking to the rise of tech monopolies (proposing a way to deal with both) is now out in paperback:

onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy…

Signed copies here:
darkdel.com/store/p2024/Av…

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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:

* In conversation with @Scalzi (@GburgBookFest), May 7,

* Interoperability and Alternative Social Media, May 12, knightcolumbia.org/events/reimagi…

* Book launch for Aminder_D's Cyclopedia Exotica, May 12, crowdcast.io/e/udbva8py/reg…

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Recent appearances:

* Podcapitalism Podcast
postcapitalismpodcast.com/cory-doctorow/

* Talking "Robot Artists & Black Swans" with Bruce Sterling
archive.org/details/robot-…

* The Right to Repair Movement, Monopolies, and Solarpunk


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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: Naked Capitalism (nakedcapitalism.com).

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