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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Recommendation engines and "lean-back" media; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/06/05/lea…

#Pluralistic

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Next Monday, Jun 7, I'm helping @TKMiles launch his debut novel RABBITS:

eventbrite.com/e/terry-miles-…

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Recommendation engines and "lean-back" media: The failure of "From the Desk of Donald J. Trump" and linear programming.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1401244152914857986

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#15yrsago UK Parliament report damns DRM openrightsgroup.org/blog/launch-of…

#1yrago Big Tech is good at being big pluralistic.net/2020/06/05/afr…

#1yrago The unsatisfying history of obscenity pluralistic.net/2020/06/05/afr…

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Yesterday threads: Efficiency is very inefficient; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1400845222100148227

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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:

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

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Recent appearances:

* Get Your News On With Ron/@RonPlacone:


* Seize the Means of Computation, Consensus 2021
coindesk.com/cory-doctorow-…

* How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism (@RyersonCFE):
cfe.ryerson.ca/key-resources/…

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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 @MCRockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.

pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poe…

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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.

My latest Medium column is "I Quit," a meditation on smoking, the climate emergency and denialism:

doctorow.medium.com/i-quit-9ae7b60…

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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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