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Inside: Private ambulances wants a ban on firefighters rescuing babies; Podcasting "Jam To-Day"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/11/22/amr…

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I'm going overseas for work on Dec 7, which means time to order signed/personalized copies of my books from @DarkDel is running out!

Attack Surface:
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Little Brother/Homeland:
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How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism:
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Poesy the Monster Slayer:
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Private ambulances wants a ban on firefighters rescuing babies: American Medical Response says Prescott Valley's firefighters shouldn't be allowed to operate an ambulance.

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Podcasting "Jam To-Day": How to free Big Tech's hostages on day one.

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#5yrsago Apple’s ebook store bans books that use Apple trademarks in unapproved (but legal and accurate) ways theendofownership.com/blog/2016/11/1…

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#15yrsago Newsweek on the anti-DRM movement web.archive.org/web/2006112316…

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#5yrsago London Mayor sends VW a £2.5m bill for Dieselgate cheaters’ Congestion Charges citiesofthefuture.eu/sadiq-khan-ask… 9/ Image
#1yrago Nintendo vs Nintendees pluralistic.net/2020/11/21/wre… 10/ Image
Saturday's threads: Inflation or price-gouging?; and more!

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My latest book is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.

Signed copies at @DarkDel:

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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:

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Signed copies here:
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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:

* The Kids Are (Kinda) All Right (San Diego @Comic_Con), Nov 28
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* @intgovforum (Warsaw), Dec 10
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Recent appearances:

* Move Fast and Fix Things (@AaronSwartzDay)


* @BridgeTales:
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* Seize the Means of Computation (@internetarchive):
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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.

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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.

My latest Medium column is "Apple’s Right-to-Repair U-turn:

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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @pluralistic@mamot.fr.

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