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Inside: The eye-glazing scam of Medicare drug plans; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/05/04/hou…

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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 eye-glazing scam of Medicare drug plans: Six tiers and none of them mean a fucking thing.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1521865584144797699

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Hey look at this

* Google Voice "bug" requires everyone in the house to pay separately for streaming services washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

* Six Weeks Is A Long Time locusmag.com/2022/05/cory-d…

* @SimoneGiertz's Screw Ring yetch.store/products/screw… 4/

#10yrsago Chris Dodd’s imaginary topsy-turvy history of Hollywood techdirt.com/2012/05/03/chr…

#10yrsago Court records unsealed for dajaz1.com seizure, reveal that US Customs operated as hired thugs for the RIAA eff.org/deeplinks/2012… 5/

#5yrsago Weaponized narrative: the stories we tell change our theories about the world locusmag.com/2017/05/cory-d…

#1yrago Qualia: How Law & Econ pulled a qualitative bait-and-switch pluralistic.net/2021/05/04/law… 6/

#1yrago Whales decry the casino economy: It's the high rollers you gotta watch out for pluralistic.net/2021/05/04/law… 7/

Yesterday's threads: The Democrats' self-immolating fetish for means-testing; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1521533454122373121

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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… 9/

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… 10/

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…

* @openjsf Keynote (Austin), Jun 8
events.linuxfoundation.org/openjs-world/p… 12/

Upcoming appearances:

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

* A New @hopeconf (NYC), Jul 22-24
hope.net 13/

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.

pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poe… 15/

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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). 20/