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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: A weapon of mass financial destruction; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/05/14/bil…

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Next Weds (5/19), I'm doing a talk called "Seize the Means of Computation," at the Ryerson Centre for Free Expression:

cfe.ryerson.ca/events/how-des…

And on Thu (5/20), I'm doing a keynote called "Privacy Without Monopoly," for the Northsec conference:

nsec.io/speaker/cory-d…

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A weapon of mass financial destruction: Your pension is funding the destruction of the real economy...and itself.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1393239569248579586

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#5yrsago Infested: an itchy, fascinating natural history of the bed bug memex.craphound.com/2016/05/14/inf…

#5yrsago Banker implicated in one of history’s biggest frauds says boss beat him with a tiny baseball bat ibtimes.co.uk/barclays-banke…

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#1yrago Facebook's "backfire effect" junk science pluralistic.net/2020/05/14/eve…

#1yrago Restaurants won't let gig drivers pee pluralistic.net/2020/05/14/eve…

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#1yrago Facebook's "backfire effect" junk science pluralistic.net/2020/05/14/eve…

#1yrago Restaurants won't let gig drivers pee pluralistic.net/2020/05/14/eve…

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Yesterday's threads: The Democratic establishment; Uber (Ch)eats; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1392885083443404801

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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:

* Seize the Means of Computation, @RyersonCFE, May 19, cfe.ryerson.ca/events/how-des…

* Privacy Without Monopoly, @NorthSec_io , May 20, nsec.io/speaker/cory-d…

* In conversation with @ddayen (Second Life Book Club), Jun 4, draxtor.com/sl-book-club-c…

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Recent appearances:

* @mamohanraj and @ben_rosenbaum Are Humans
open.spotify.com/episode/01dGJO…

* Can Antitrust Laws Destroy Surveillance Capitalism? (@majorityfm )


* In conversation with John @Scalzi at the @GburgBookFest


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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 @mcrockefeller. 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].

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Today's top sources: Naked Capitalism (nakedcapitalism.com).

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