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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: The PRO Act and worker misclassification; $50k fellowships for critical technologists; The FTC's (kick-ass) Right to Repair report; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/05/07/pro…

#Pluralistic

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Later today (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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The PRO Act and worker misclassification: A turning point in the class war.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1390710985590075394

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$50k fellowships for critical technologists: Become a Consumer Reports Digital Lab Fellow!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1390722969991712773

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The FTC's (kick-ass) Right to Repair report: Years in the making, hugely vindicating.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1390735452076843009

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#5yrsago Panama Papers whistleblower issues statement, naming and shaming failed states and institutions icij.org/investigations…

#5yrsago Kobo “upgrade” deprives readers of hundreds of DRM-locked ebooks teleread.com/drm-nightmare-…

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#1yrago EU: "Cookie walls violate the GDPR" pluralistic.net/2020/05/07/jus…

#1yrago Wink will brick your smart home if you don't pay a monthly fee pluralistic.net/2020/05/07/jus…

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Yesterday's threads: Scammers recycled covid nose-swabs; Ed-tech apps spy on kids; NY AG attributes Net Neutrality fraud to telcos; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1390335641620074498

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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…

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

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Recent appearances:

* Hexapodia XIII with @DeLong and @Noahpinion
braddelong.substack.com/p/podcast-hexa…

* Podcapitalism Podcast
postcapitalismpodcast.com/cory-doctorow/

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

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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].

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

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Today's top sources: Kyle Wiens (twitter.com/kwiens), Ben Moskowitz consumerreports.org/cro/index.htm), Naked Capitalism (nakedcapitalism.com).

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