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Inside: Conspiracy fantasy; Podcasting "Self Publishing"; and more!

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

#Pluralistic

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Next Saturday, July 10, I'm helping @unshavedmouse launch his debut novel,"When the Sparrow Falls" at an event with @MystGalaxyBooks:
mystgalaxy.com/sharpson71021

My review:
pluralistic.net/2021/07/01/bas…

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Conspiracy fantasy: The political significance and personal appeal of conspiratorialism.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1412083423636717574

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Podcasting "Self Publishing": My column on monopolism, publishing, and the fortunes of authors.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1412100565836779520

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#20yrsago Municipal code's list of code-words for escort services that may not be used in classified advertising web.archive.org/web/2001071617…

#15yrsago Sf is the only literature people care enough about to steal on the Internet locusmag.com/2006/Issues/07…

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#10yrsago Steven “Jumper” Gould’s new novel 7TH SIGMA: genre-busting science fiction/western kicks ass memex.craphound.com/2011/07/05/ste…

#10yrsago RIP, Len Sassaman: cypherpunk and anonymity hacker news.hitb.org/content/rip-le…

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#5yrsago Peak indifference: privacy as a public health issue locusmag.com/2016/07/cory-d…

#5yrsago Nigel “Brexit” Farage, having tanked the UK economy, retires to “get his life back” bbc.com/news/uk-politi…

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#5yrsago Hidden “anti-crime” mics are proliferating on US public transit, recording riders’ conversations csoonline.com/article/309050…

#5yrsago Frederick Douglass’ “The Meaning of July the Fourth for the Negro,” read by James Earl Jones democracynow.org/2015/7/3/what_…

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#5yrsago New York’s stately libraries sport hidden apartments for live-in caretakers 6sqft.com/life-behind-th…

#5yrsago Tories use Brexit as an excuse to slash corporate taxes to the lowest of any major economy ft.com/content/d5aedd…

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#5yrsago UK cops routinely raided police databases to satisfy personal interest or make money on the side vice.com/en/article/yp3…

#1yrago The real racial wealth gap pluralistic.net/2020/07/05/rac…

#1yrago What to the Slave Is the 4th of July pluralistic.net/2020/07/04/plu…

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Saturday's threads: The future is symmetrical; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1411395539099275268

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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:

* 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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Recent appearances:

* The Bitcoin Podcast:
thebitcoinpodcast.com/the-bitcoin-po…

* The Rent's Too Damned High, @MacroCheese:
realprogressives.org/podcast_episod…

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

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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 - and previews of upcoming magazine columns and exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.

My latest Medium column is "Self Publishing," about the consolidation in publishing and what to do about it

doctorow.medium.com/self-publishin…

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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: @NakedCapitalism (nakedcapitalism.com).

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