Thread by @doctorow

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: What would a live concert album sound like with all the songs taken out?; The infosec apocalypse is nigh; and more!

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What would a live concert album sound like with all the songs taken out?: Gavin Edwards' "Having Fun On Stage With Everybody."

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1419853305916760065

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The infosec apocalypse is nigh: Ed Snowden on the NSO's malware.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1420043758540754947

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#20yrsago New "Chilling Effects" project tracks online takedowns eon.law.harvard.edu/chill/

#15yrsago Billy Bragg gets MySpace’s terms of service changed punknews.org/article/18343/…

#10yrsago Glenn Beck compares murdered Norway campers to “Hitler Youth” latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/201…

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#5yrsago Pro-tar-sands activists say dirty Canadian oil is better because “lesbians are hot” joeydevilla.com/2016/07/26/thi…

#5yrsago Highest-paid CEOs generate lowest shareholder returns msci.com/documents/1019…

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#5yrsago Olympics to companies: mentioning “Olympics” in social media is a trademark violation espn.com/olympics/story…

#5yrsago Photographer sues Getty Images for $1B because they’re charging for pix she donated to LoC law360.com/articles/82117…

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#1yrago NYPD disciplinary records pluralistic.net/2020/07/27/ip/…

#1yrago My HOPE 2020 talk pluralistic.net/2020/07/27/ip/…

#1yrago Constitution Illustrated pluralistic.net/2020/07/27/ip/…

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Yesterday's threads: Charter schools are money laundries; Disney parks and aggregate demand management; Oregon's carbon offsets go up in smoke; Surge pricing violates antitrust law; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1419739443984932864

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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."

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Upcoming appearances:

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

* Keynote speaker, The Quills Conference, Aug 12-15
quillsconference.com

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Recent appearances:

Reset the Internet? (Project Syndicate)
project-syndicate.org/podcasts/reset…

* Trustbusting (Nicole Sandler)


* Launch for Neil Sharpson's When the Sparrow Falls (Mysterious Galaxy):
crowdcast.io/e/virtual-even…

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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!

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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.

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My latest @Medium column is "Now you’ve got two problems," part three of a series on themepark design, queing theory, immersive entertainment, and load-balancing.

doctorow.medium.com/now-youve-got-…

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

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