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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Proctorio's awful reviews disappear down the memory hole; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/09/04/hyp…

#Pluralistic

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This is the last edition of Pluralistic for a little while. I'm having major surgery - a hip replacement - on Tuesday, and the doc tells me the biggest risk when someone as young as I am gets joint replacement is pushing the recovery too hard and injuring yourself.

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So I'm taking some time off to recover. I'll be back mid-to-late-September-ish, unless it's later. Take care of yourself and the people around you, and I'll see you then.

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Proctorio's awful reviews disappear down the memory hole: Ian Linkletter saved the receipts.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1434163515363762177/retweets/with_comments

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#1yrago Political ads have very small effect-sizes pluralistic.net/2020/09/04/elu…

#1yrago CO asphyxiation accounts for half of Hurricane Laura deaths pluralistic.net/2020/09/04/elu…

#1yrago Physicists overestimate their epidemiology game pluralistic.net/2020/09/04/elu…

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Yesterday's threads: Gun-maker demands Sandy Hook children's disciplinary records; ALEC pushed voter suppression bills; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1433822059541385218

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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:

* From Wayback to Way Forward: The @InternetArchive turns 25, Oct 21
eventbrite.com/e/from-wayback…

* Keynote for @SeaGL 2021, Nov 5-6
seagl.org/news/2021/06/0…

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Recent appearances:

* Poesy the Monster Slayer, Turn the Page
turnthepage.blubrry.net/2021/09/02/tur…

* Launch for @Ben_Rosenbaum's "The Unraveling" (@Booksoup)


* The Night of the Comet (@NISOPlus):
niso.cadmoremedia.com/Title/1e687d34…

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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/2021/09/04/hyp…

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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 "Twitter Arguments," making the case for arguing with foolish strangers on Twitter as critical to advancing esoteric social causes:

doctorow.medium.com/twitter-argume…

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If you prefer a newsletter, subscribe to the plura-list, which is also ad- and tracker-free, and is utterly unadorned save a single daily emoji. Today's is "🌶". Suggestions solicited for future emojis!

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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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