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Inside: Podcasting "Tech Monopolies and the Insufficient Necessity of Interoperability"; The Sacklers will get to keep billions; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/07/12/mon…

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Tomorrow, July 13, I'm doing a benefit appearance at the Project Abraham Book Club to help raise funds for Yazidi refugees in Canada. We'll be talking about my book RADICALIZED.

d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/truthmustbetol…

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Podcasting "Tech Monopolies and the Insufficient Necessity of Interoperability": Corporate rivalries vs public power.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1414598469004660740

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The Sacklers will get to keep billions: What's a little mass-murder between friends?

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1414614166271262728

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#15yrsago Alanya to Alanya: feminist science fiction adventure memex.craphound.com/2006/07/12/ala…

#20yrsago Muslim cleric okays divorce-over-SMS news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-paci…

#15yrsago Techno remix of Sen. Steven’s “The Internet is Tubes” lunacy web.archive.org/web/2006071501…

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#15yrsago Felten’s paper on the complexities of Network Neutrality web.archive.org/web/2006071909…

#10yrsago 3D printed hairclips inspired by Bruce Sterling’s “Kiosk” myriadwhimsies.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/jov…

#5yrsago To see the future, visit the most remote areas of the GBAO medium.com/studio-d/6-1-g…

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#5yrsago Empirical proof that Terms of Service are “the biggest lie on the Internet” papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

#5yrsago Flawed police drug-test kits, railroading prosecutors and racism: the police-stop-to-prison pipeline propublica.org/article/common…

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#5yrsago Negative Swiss 50-year bond yields just shattered the global insecurity barometer slate.com/news-and-polit…

#5yrsago Teen comes out to her family on Disneyland’s Splash Mountain buzzfeednews.com/article/stepha…

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#1yrago Wirecard's vanished COO wanted 15,000 Libyan militiamen pluralistic.net/2020/07/11/pla…

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Yesterday's threads: Biden's Right to Repair will include electronics, too; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1413911218050396160

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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:

* Project Abraham book club (to benefit Yezidi refugees), July 13,
d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/truthmustbetol…

* Privacy Without Monopoly, @Defcon 29, Aug 7
defcon.org/html/defcon-29…

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Recent appearances:

* Launch for @unshavedmouse's When the Sparrow Falls (@MystGalaxyBooks):
crowdcast.io/e/virtual-even…

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

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

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

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My latest @Medium column is "Are We Having Fun Yet?" part one of a series on themepark design, queing theory, immersive entertainment, and load-balancing.

doctorow.medium.com/b-are-we-havin…

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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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