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Cory Doctorow

2 Jul, 19 tweets, 16 min read

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Nominate for the EFF Pioneer Awards; Biden admin orders an end to surprise billing; I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is back; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/07/02/spo…

#Pluralistic

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https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1410770220306767872

Nominate for the EFF Pioneer Awards: Who will win this year's Barlow?

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1410770220306767872

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1410974462531440641

Biden admin orders an end to surprise billing: But without legal reform, the next president could reverse it.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1410974462531440641

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1410990408344080392

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is back: The funniest thing on the radio, anywhere in the world, now in its 75th series.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1410990408344080392

#15yrsago Sen. Stevens’ hilariously awful explanation of the Internet web.archive.org/web/2006070403…

#10yrsago Peruvian TV station owners held out for bribes that were 100X larger than those received by judges fsi.stanford.edu/publications/h…

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#5yrsago London luxury property prices plummet after Brexit vote standard.co.uk/news/london/lo…

#5yrsago Paralyzed, partially deaf-blind teen with brain tumor beaten bloody by TSA wreg.com/news/disabled-…

#1yrago Roller derby's brilliant re-opening plan pluralistic.net/2020/07/02/big…

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#1yrago A grifter's border wall is about to fall into the Rio Grande pluralistic.net/2020/07/02/big…

#1yrago Don't Believe Proven Liars pluralistic.net/2020/07/02/big…

#1yrago 1000+ accidental trigger-phrases for smart speakers pluralistic.net/2020/07/02/big…

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#1yrago Hong Kong law threatens people all over the world pluralistic.net/2020/07/02/big…

#1yrago Unauthorized seat pluralistic.net/2020/07/02/big…

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https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1410626863207051268

Yesterday's threads: When the Sparrow Falls; Exxon lobbyist confesses to his crimes; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1410626863207051268

@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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@Unshavedmouse

Upcoming appearances:

* Launch for @Unshavedmouse's When the Sparrow Falls (@MystGalaxyBooks), Jul 10, mystgalaxy.com/sharpson71021 (my review: pluralistic.net/2021/07/01/bas…)

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@ConsumerReports

Recent appearances:

* 3D Printing Sci-Fi, 3DPOD:
3dprint.com/282547/3dpod-e…

* Big Tech Fix, Feet to the Fire podcast:
feet2fire.net/e/a-bigtech-re…

* The ACCESS Act, @ConsumerReports:
consumerreports.org/digital-rights…

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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/2021/07/02/spo…

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@Medium

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

My latest Medium column is "Moral hazard and monopoly," on the need to break up big tech platforms

doctorow.medium.com/moral-hazard-a…

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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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Of all the dysfunctions of the famously cursed US healthcare system, few are so obviously a total scam as "surprise billing." Here's how that works: you go to a hospital (often its ER) that is covered by your insurer, and then, despite this, you get a giant bill. Surprise!

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The hospital contracts with your anesthesiologist's LLC, your trauma surgeon's LLC, the radiologist's LLC - sometimes the WHOLE ER is amputated from the hospital and then grafted back on in LLC form, under contract to the hospital as a standalone independent business.

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A curse upon you! With the wings of a bat! With the blood of a serpent! I shall curse you! Curse you!

Viy (1967) dir. Konstantin Ershov & Georgiy Kropachyov

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