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Cory Doctorow

22 May, 21 tweets, 20 min read

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: How the filibuster dies; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/05/22/not…

#Pluralistic

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https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1396126075202146310

How the filibuster dies: Lessons from Adam Jentleson's "Kill Switch."

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1396126075202146310

#20yrsago Linux virus fixes your computer news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/n…

#15yrsago HDMI, the Manchurian DRM – a Broadcast Flag dormant until 2010 arstechnica.com/uncategorized/…

#15yrsago U. Florida cops ask fiction writer for fingerprints, DNA memex.craphound.com/2006/05/22/u-f…

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#10yrsago Byron Sonne: Canadian security geek jailed for taunting G20 security theatre torontolife.com/city/how-byron…

#10yrsago Vindictive game company invites employees to pan reviewer’s novel after bad review maroonersrock.com/2011/05/condui…

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#10yrsago GOP legislative aide works on punitive voter ID bill, boasts of illegally voting in another district madison.com/wsj/news/local…

#5yrsago Sex Criminals: Robin Hood bank robbers who can stop time when they orgasm memex.craphound.com/2016/05/21/sex…

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#5yrsago JJ Abrams urges Paramount to drop its lawsuit over fan Star Trek movie deadline.com/2016/05/star-t…

#5yrsago NRA endorses Trump abcnews.go.com/Politics/nra-e…

#1yrago Mum uses GDPR to force Gran to take down pics pluralistic.net/2020/05/22/cri…

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#1yrago Copyright bots are slaughtering classical musicians' performances pluralistic.net/2020/05/22/cri…

#1yrago How spy agencies targeted Snowden journalists pluralistic.net/2020/05/21/pro…

#1yrago Monopolies killed corporate R&D pluralistic.net/2020/05/21/pro…

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#1yrago Spotify's trying to kill podcasting pluralistic.net/2020/05/21/pro…

#1yrago Black Americans' covid mortality is 2.5X white mortality pluralistic.net/2020/05/21/pro…

#1yrago On Madame Leota's side-table pluralistic.net/2020/05/21/pro…

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#1yrago Private equity's healthcare playbook is terrifying pluralistic.net/2020/05/21/pro…

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https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1395782601680453634

Yesterday's threads: Debunking the arguments for vaccine apartheid; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1395782601680453634

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@washingtonpost

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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@torbooks

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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@DDayen

Upcoming appearances:

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

* Book launch for @tkmiles's Rabbits (@BookSoup), Jun 7, eventbrite.com/e/terry-miles-…

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@ryersoncfe

Recent appearances:

* How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism: Seize the Means of Computation (@ryersoncfe)
cfe.ryerson.ca/key-resources/…

* Interoperability and Alternative Social Media

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

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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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You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

Here's today's edition: pluralistic.net/2021/05/22/not…

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@Medium

If you're a @Medium subscriber, you can read these - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.

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If you prefer a newsletter, subscribe to the plura-list, which is also ad- and tracker-free, and is utterly unadorned save a single daily emoji. Today's is "🏊🏿‍♂️". Suggestions solicited for future emojis!

Subscribe here: pluralistic.net/plura-list

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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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@NakedCapitalism

Today's top sources: @NakedCapitalism (nakedcapitalism.com), Fipi Lele.

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"Behind every great fortune there is a great crime." (H. Balzac) (paraphrase)

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