Thread by @doctorow

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Meet the new generation of pro-abortion activists; Anti-vaxers cool the mark; Drone delivery crashes; Facebook escalates war on accountability; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/08/05/com…

#Pluralistic

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I'm giving the keynote for the (free) virtual track at Defcon 29 (Aug 5-8): "Privacy Without Monopoly: Paternalism Works Well, But Fails Badly."

defcon.org/html/defcon-29…

It's based on the white paper Bennett Cyphers and I co-wrote for EFF:

eff.org/wp/interoperab…

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Meet the new generation of pro-abortion activists: No more Mx Nice Intersectionalist.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1423324705616842758

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Anti-vaxers cool the mark: Using sociology to understand the con.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1423334717944860673

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Drone delivery crashes: What do AI, self-driving cars and Amazon drones have in common?

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1423342077589397508

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Facebook escalates war on accountability: Privacywashing vs Ad Observer.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1423349769917763589

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#10yrsago German cops call airport full-body pornoscanners “useless,” EU requires opt out from scanning schneier.com/blog/archives/…

#10yrsago Write an adventure novel in three days, the Michael Moorcock way web.archive.org/web/2011070515…

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#10yrsago HTTPS Everywhere goes 1.0: make your browser support secure connections when they’re available eff.org/press/archives…

#5yrsago Vocal fry, uptalking, nasal: women’s voices can never be “right” thecut.com/2016/07/female…

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#5yrsago The Vlogbrothers guide to voting in every state in the union

#5yrsago Bureaucrats disqualify Hong Kong legislative candidates for insufficient loyalty globalvoices.org/2016/08/05/hon…

#1yrago Qanon is magical thinking pluralistic.net/2020/08/05/beh…

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#1yrago Cori Bush triumphs in Missouri pluralistic.net/2020/08/05/beh…

#1yrago Qanon is an ARG pluralistic.net/2020/08/05/beh…

#1yrago GE's billion dollar tax-fraud pluralistic.net/2020/08/05/beh…

#1yrago Contextual ads can save media pluralistic.net/2020/08/05/beh…

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Yesterday's threads: Vaccine refusal and health insurance; Congress has allocated enough money to end the eviction crisis; Utilities governed like empires; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1422957659469221894

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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:

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

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

* Launch for @Ben_Rosenbaum's The Unraveling, Aug 23 (@Booksoup)
booksoup.com/event/benjamin…

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Recent appearances:

* Building the Digital Commons (@moneyontheleft)
moneyontheleft.org/2021/08/01/bui…

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

* Trustbusting (@NicoleSandler)


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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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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/2021/08/05/com…

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My latest Medium column is "Managing aggregate demand," part three of a series on themepark design, queing theory, immersive entertainment, and load-balancing.

doctorow.medium.com/managing-aggre…

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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: @Slashdot (slashdot.org), @JWZ (jwz.org/blog/).

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