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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: The definitive answers to Disney's pernicious queueing debates; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/11/23/jum…

#Pluralistic 1/

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:
darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co…

Little Brother/Homeland:
darkdel.com/store/p1750/Co… 2/

How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism:
darkdel.com/store/p2024/Co…

Poesy the Monster Slayer:
darkdel.com/store/p1562/_P… 3/

The definitive answers to Disney's pernicious queueing debates: Defunctland simulated a themepark and produced the first public data on queue-management strategies.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1463182415929745416

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#20yrsago Run Quake on a Linux PDA web.archive.org/web/2001121207…

#15yrsago Recording industry swears off DRM web.archive.org/web/2007010503…</a.

#10yrsago 21 lb layer cake containing three pies web.archive.org/web/2011112701… 5/

#10yrsago Blazing de-bullshitification of the arguments for militarized campus police forces huffpost.com/entry/uc-davis…

#10yrsago Why “earn” is a poor word-choice when describing the profits of the 1% theguardian.com/commentisfree/… 6/

#10yrsago Aussie senator: News Corp offered me favorable coverage if I killed legislation it didn’t like theguardian.com/media/2011/nov…

#5yrsago Alex Halderman: we will never know if the Wisconsin vote was hacked unless we check now medium.com/@jhalderm/want… 7/

#5yrsago Turkish dictator fires 15,000 more public workers, shuts down 375 more NGOs and 9 more news outlets nytimes.com/2016/11/22/wor…

#5yrsago Kansas Attorney General apologizes for citing Dred Scott decision in abortion-ban brief web.archive.org/web/2016102015… 8/

#5yrsago UK’s new surveillance law creates a national browser history with a search engine to match theverge.com/2016/11/23/137…

#5yrsago Snowden’s lawyer says he’ll testify about German surveillance…if Germany gets him safe passage out of Russia arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… 9/

#1yrago Guatemala's guillotines pluralistic.net/2020/11/23/ops…

#1yrago The power of procurements pluralistic.net/2020/11/23/ops…

#1yrago Labor and large firms pluralistic.net/2020/11/23/ops…

#1yrago A textbook grift pluralistic.net/2020/11/23/ops… 10/

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

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1462831501456953348

11/

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:

darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co… 12/

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… 13/

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/ 14/

Upcoming appearances:

* The Kids Are (Kinda) All Right (San Diego @Comic_Con), Nov 28
eventeny.com/events/comicco…

* @intgovforum (Warsaw), Dec 10
intgovforum.org/en/schedule/20… 15/

Recent appearances:

* Alternative recommender systems in the DSA:


* Move Fast and Fix Things (@AaronSwartzDay)


* @BridgeTales:
buzzsprout.com/1795352/9527530 16/

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… 17/

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/2021/11/23/jum… 18/

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":

medium.com/@doctorow/appl… 19/

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!

Subscribe here: pluralistic.net/plura-list 20/

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… Twitter threads (a Twitter thread). 21/

Inside: The definitive answers to Disney's pernicious queueing debates; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/11/23/jum…

#Pluralistic 22/

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:
darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co…

Little Brother/Homeland:
darkdel.com/store/p1750/Co…

How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism: 23/

darkdel.com/store/p2024/Co…

Poesy the Monster Slayer:
darkdel.com/store/p1562/_P… 24/

The definitive answers to Disney's pernicious queueing debates: Defunctland simulated a themepark and produced the first public data on queue-management strategies.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1463182415929745416

25/

#20yrsago Run Quake on a Linux PDA web.archive.org/web/2001121207…

#15yrsago Recording industry swears off DRM web.archive.org/web/2007010503…</a.

#10yrsago 21 lb layer cake containing three pies web.archive.org/web/2011112701… 26/

#10yrsago Blazing de-bullshitification of the arguments for militarized campus police forces huffpost.com/entry/uc-davis…

#10yrsago Why “earn” is a poor word-choice when describing the profits of the 1% theguardian.com/commentisfree/… 27/

#10yrsago Aussie senator: News Corp offered me favorable coverage if I killed legislation it didn’t like theguardian.com/media/2011/nov…

#5yrsago Alex Halderman: we will never know if the Wisconsin vote was hacked unless we check now medium.com/@jhalderm/want… 28/

#5yrsago Turkish dictator fires 15,000 more public workers, shuts down 375 more NGOs and 9 more news outlets nytimes.com/2016/11/22/wor…

#5yrsago Kansas Attorney General apologizes for citing Dred Scott decision in abortion-ban brief web.archive.org/web/2016102015… 29/

#5yrsago UK’s new surveillance law creates a national browser history with a search engine to match theverge.com/2016/11/23/137…

#5yrsago Snowden’s lawyer says he’ll testify about German surveillance…if Germany gets him safe passage out of Russia arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… 30/

#1yrago Guatemala's guillotines pluralistic.net/2020/11/23/ops…

#1yrago The power of procurements pluralistic.net/2020/11/23/ops…

#1yrago Labor and large firms pluralistic.net/2020/11/23/ops…

#1yrago A textbook grift pluralistic.net/2020/11/23/ops… 31/

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

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1462831501456953348

32/

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:

darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co… 33/

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… 34/

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/ 35/

Upcoming appearances:

* The Kids Are (Kinda) All Right (San Diego @Comic_Con), Nov 28
eventeny.com/events/comicco…

* @intgovforum (Warsaw), Dec 10
intgovforum.org/en/schedule/20… 36/

Recent appearances:

* Alternative recommender systems in the DSA:


* Move Fast and Fix Things (@AaronSwartzDay)


* @BridgeTales:
buzzsprout.com/1795352/9527530 37/

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… 38/

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/2021/11/23/jum… 39/

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":

medium.com/@doctorow/appl… 40/

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!

Subscribe here: pluralistic.net/plura-list 41/

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… 42/

Today's top sources: @LenTesta (twitter.com/LenTesta). 43/

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

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1462831501456953348

11/

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:

darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co…

12/

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…

13/

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/

14/

Upcoming appearances:

* The Kids Are (Kinda) All Right (San Diego @Comic_Con), Nov 28
eventeny.com/events/comicco…

* @intgovforum (Warsaw), Dec 10
intgovforum.org/en/schedule/20…

15/

Recent appearances:

* Alternative recommender systems in the DSA:


* Move Fast and Fix Things (@AaronSwartzDay)


16/

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…

17/

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/2021/11/23/jum…

18/

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":

medium.com/@doctorow/appl…

19/

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!

Subscribe here: pluralistic.net/plura-list

20/

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…

21/

Today's top sources: @LenTesta (twitter.com/LenTesta).

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