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Inside: The Big Lie that keeps the Uber bezzle alive; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/02/11/bez…

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The Big Lie that keeps the Uber bezzle alive: A credulous press continues to report massive losses as profitability.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1492212607247343626

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#5yrsago How to legally cross a US (or other) border without surrendering your data and passwords wired.com/2017/02/guide-…

#5yrsago Yale’s college will no longer bear the name of a slaver, from now on, it’s “Grace Murray Hopper” college news.yale.edu/2017/02/11/yal… 3/

#5yrsago Parliament ponders letting US immigration strip-search Canadians in Canadian airports, force them to explain immigration withdrawals cbc.ca/news/politics/…

#1yrago Apple puts North Dakota on blast pluralistic.net/2021/02/11/rho… 4/

#1yrago Adam Curtis on criti-hype pluralistic.net/2021/02/11/rho…

#1yrago Dependency Confusion pluralistic.net/2021/02/11/rho… 5/

Yesterday's threads: Welcome to the Palmerverse; SEC vs private equity ripoffs; Neuromancer today; Gators and Amazon tag-team small sellers; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1491881994107695114

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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:

* @boskonenews 59 (Feb 18-20)
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* Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical SF, 1950 to 1985 (@CityLightsBooks), Feb 27
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* Emerging Technologies For the Enterprise, Apr 19-20
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Recent appearances:

* The End of Uber (@TheWarOnCars)
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* Moral Panic (@Drug_Science Podcast)
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* @HappenHerePod
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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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Today's top sources: @yvessmith (nakedcapitalism.com). 17/