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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: The Democrats' self-immolating fetish for means-testing; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/05/03/uto…

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This weekend (May 6-8), I'm Guest of Honor at the @DemiConDM 33 science fiction convention in #DesMoines:

demicon.org/33/programming… 2/

The Democrats' self-immolating fetish for means-testing: How to lose an election...and a nation.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1521529628866891776

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Hey look at this

* Reminder: safe and effective medication for having an abortion is available via the mail. "Even in states with the strictest abortion laws, pregnant people have a safe, inexpensive option to terminate their pregnancies." 4/

theatlantic.com/politics/archi… (h/t @kottke) 5/

#20yrsago Court Orders ReplayTV to Spy on Customers for Movie Studios web.archive.org/web/2002060115…

#15yrsago New #AACS crack “can’t be revoked” arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/0…

#15yrsago Students petition USC film-school for the right to use @creativecommons web.archive.org/web/2007070615… 6/

#15yrsago AACS vows to fight people who publish the key news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technolog…

#15yrsago @EdFelten explains the AACS revolt freedom-to-tinker.com/2007/05/03/why…

#15yrsago Canada’s copyright czar lied about money from entertainment execs web.archive.org/web/2007050710… 7/

#15yrsago Congresscritters take money from RIAA/MPAA, then threaten universities on their behalf web.archive.org/web/2007050503…

#15yrsago Obama wants @creativecommons licensed Presidential debates web.archive.org/web/2007050322… 8/

#10yrsago Lehman Bros document trove online: childish hubris, laughable idiocy from today’s Senior Policy Advisor at US Treasury ritholtz.com/2012/04/the-le…

#10yrsago When copyright term-extension meets infinite life-extension sfsite.com/fsf/2012/pdf12… 9/

#5yrsago @GreatDismal rewrote the sequel to The Peripheral after the 2016 election theverge.com/2017/5/3/15530…

#5yrsago The @CANADALAND Guide to Canada (Published in America) memex.craphound.com/2017/05/03/the… 10/

#5yrsago Automatically generate datasets that teach people how (not) to create statistical mirages autodesk.com/research/publi…

#5yrsago Coal execs’ pay rises and rises, while miners’ wages stagnate nytimes.com/2017/05/02/cli… 11/

#1yrago Dishwashers have become Iphones: Meet the Bob Cassette Rewinder pluralistic.net/2021/05/03/cas… 12/

Yesterday's threads: Podcasting "Revenge Of the Chickenized Reverse Centaurs"; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1521162046800375810

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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:

darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co… 14/

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:
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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:

* @DemiConDM 33 (Des Moines), May 6-8
demicon.org/33/programming…

* Sci-Fi Feedback Loop: Mapping Fiction’s Influence on Real-World Tech (@imaginationASU), May 12
asu.zoom.us/webinar/regist… 17/

Upcoming appearances:

* @openjsf Keynote (Austin), Jun 8
events.linuxfoundation.org/openjs-world/p…

* @CMAgovUK Data Technology/Analytics (London), Jun 15-16
eventbrite.co.uk/e/cma-data-tec…

* A New @hopeconf (NYC), Jul 22-24
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Recent appearances:

* A Little Patience and a Lot of Tape (@TWiT)
twit.tv/shows/this-wee…

* Blockchain, Crypto & Web3 (@forlifeitself podcast)


* Launch for @Egangoonsquad's "Candy House" (@VPL)
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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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My latest Medium column is "End-To-End Encryption is Too Important to Be Proprietary"

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Today's top sources: @yvessmith (nakedcapitalism.com). 25/