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Cory Doctorow SADDLE UP MENTALITY

@doctorow

29 Nov

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: The once and future mass-resignation and what it means for working people; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/11/29/ord…

#Pluralistic 1/

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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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Cory Doctorow SADDLE UP MENTALITY

@doctorow

29 Nov

Once upon a time, a terrible disease swept the lands, prompting a great wave of resignations as low-waged workers walked off the job, rejecting offers of pay raises that would have been unthinkably lavish just a few years earlier. Their bosses went nuts. 1/

If you'd like an unrolled version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

pluralistic.net/2021/11/29/ord… 2/

The former employers of these workers slammed them as lazy and greedy, and called upon their fellow bougies to take up "unskilled" labor and scab those proles back into the workplace. When that didn't work, they passed laws that banned desperate bosses from bidding up wages. 3/

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Cory Doctorow SADDLE UP MENTALITY

@doctorow

29 Nov

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Cory Doctorow SADDLE UP MENTALITY

@doctorow

28 Nov

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: The Cuban vaccines; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/11/28/som…

#Pluralistic 1/

@Comic_Con

Are you going to San Diego @Comic_Con? Me too!

* I'll be signing at the @MystGalaxyBooks Booth (#1325) today from 12-12:45PM

* And I'll be on a panel, The Kids Are (Kinda) All Right, today from 1:30-230PM

eventeny.com/events/comicco… 2/

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1464986300973559819

The Cuban vaccines: Omicron, vaccine apartheid, WTO TRIPS waivers and the false hope of viruses "gentling" themselves.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1464986300973559819

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Cory Doctorow SADDLE UP MENTALITY

@doctorow

28 Nov

Are you low-key freaking out about #omicron? Yeah, me too. Can't we catch a break?

Maybe.

Step one to preventing new, scarier mutant strains is to reduce the number of infected people, which require a mix of ventilation, masking, distancing, and, of course, vaccinations. 1/

If you'd like an unrolled version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

pluralistic.net/2021/11/28/som… 2/

These days, the "vaccine controversy" is primarily about vaccine-hesitancy and vaccine denial - that is, about people who can get the vaccine but choose not to. 3/

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