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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Canada's got the world's worst internet ideas; IRS leaks reveal billions reaped through ultra-wealthy lobbying on the tax bill; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/08/11/the…

#Pluralistic

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I'm a guest of honor and keynote speaker at Salt Lake City's Quills Conference on writing, Aug 12-15:

quillsconference.com

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Canada's got the world's worst internet ideas: The Canada Variant is the most virulent "online harms" rule.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1425469727539798016

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IRS leaks reveal billions reaped through ultra-wealthy lobbying on the tax bill: A cast of dozens.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1425484646612017154

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#20yrsago What your computer does when it boots web.archive.org/web/2001051614…

#15yrsago Schwarzenegger sends National Guard to California’s airports web.archive.org/web/2006081320…

#15yrsago Fake anti-Net Neutrality groups web.archive.org/web/2006081517…

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#10yrsago Marvel to comics retailers: we’ll give you limited edition singles if you destroy our competitors’ products wired.com/2011/08/the-gr…

#10yrsago My SIGGRAPH keynote

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#5yrsago Trump is an object lesson in the problems of machine learning mathbabe.org/2016/08/11/don…

#5yrsago DEA bribes rail/airline employees for tipoffs that lead to warrantless cash seizures usatoday.com/story/news/201…

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#5yrsago 100 million VWs can be unlocked with a $40 cracker (and other cars aren’t much better) usenix.org/system/files/c…

#5yrsago 48 hours later, Adblock Plus beats Facebook’s adblocker-blocker theverge.com/2016/8/11/1243…

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#5yrsago As social media centralized, blogging’s core infrastructure has withered medium.com/@anildash/the-…

#1yrago When you hear "intangibles," think "monopolies" pluralistic.net/2020/08/11/nor…

#1yrago How they're killing the post office pluralistic.net/2020/08/11/nor…

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Yesterday's threads: End of the line for Uber; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1425145670940299266

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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:

* 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:

* Privacy Without Monopoly (@Defcon)


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

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

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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 "Expectations management," part five of a series on themepark design, queing theory, immersive entertainment, and load-balancing.

doctorow.medium.com/expectations-m…

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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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