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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Safegraph follows people into abortion clinics and then sells the data; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/05/07/saf…

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

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Safegraph follows people into abortion clinics and then sells the data: And then they lie about it.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1522907475179151361

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Hey look at this

* Nashville Public Library issues "I Read Banned Books" library cards boingboing.net/2022/05/05/nas…

* The Artificial Grottoes of the Renaissance and Beyond publicdomainreview.org/essay/petrifie…

* “Are You For 86?” by @bruces (1992) bruces.medium.com/are-you-for-86… 4/

#20yrsago Emulating an IBM mainframe on a Psion palmtop web.archive.org/web/2002060508…

#20yrsago Washington Post reporter doxes online critics, tries to get them fired web.archive.org/web/2002061509…

#15yrsago HOWTO own a 128-bit number! #AACS freedom-to-tinker.com/2007/05/07/you… 5/

#15yrsago Unauthorized Mickey Mouse pirate tee pays tribute to Dali web.archive.org/web/2007050903…

#15yrsago BBC Trustees agree to let BBC infect Britain with DRM arstechnica.com/uncategorized/… 6/

#10yrsago AAirpass: American Airlines’s all-you-can-eat lifetime first class ticket, and what became of it web.archive.org/web/2012050604…

#10yrsago Savage beatings for pro-democracy, anti-Putin protesters in Russia 7/

#10yrsago Makers, the Master’s thesis practicalaesthetics.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/my-…

#10yrsago Scorching legal response from Dajaz1.com to the unsealed US gov’t docs on the illegal, sleazy seizure of its domain name web.archive.org/web/2012051002… 8/

#10yrsago New Kansas abortion bill lets doctors lie to patients, withhold cancer treatment web.archive.org/web/2012050800…

#5yrsago In Oklahoma, a law to bankrupt groups that organize political protests theintercept.com/2017/05/06/okl… 9/

#5yrsago Soupy Leaves Home: a masterpiece of YA graphic storytelling, about hobos on the open road memex.craphound.com/2017/05/06/sou…

#5yrsago Idaho GOP Congressjerk: “Nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care” idahostatesman.com/news/local/art… 10/

#5yrsago Matt Furie celebrated yesterday’s Free Comic Book Day by killing off Pepe the Frog themarysue.com/pepe-the-frog-…

#5yrsago Irish police open blasphemy investigation into @stephenfry for calling God an “utter maniac” independent.co.uk/news/world/eur… 11/

#5yrsago How to support a writer’s career memex.craphound.com/2017/05/07/how…

#1yrago The FTC's (kick-ass) Right to Repair report pluralistic.net/2021/05/07/pro…

#1yrago The PRO Act and worker misclassification pluralistic.net/2021/05/07/pro… 12/

#1yrago NY AG attributes Net Neutrality fraud to telcos: 18 million fraudulent comments filed in the FCC docket pluralistic.net/2021/05/06/boo…

#1yrago Ed-tech apps spy on kids pluralistic.net/2021/05/06/boo…

#1yrago Scammers recycled covid nose-swabs pluralistic.net/2021/05/06/boo… 13/

Thursday's threads: A New York law to end to Wall Street's pension ripoff; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1522228039916130304

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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:

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
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* Sci-Fi Feedback Loop: Mapping Fiction’s Influence on Real-World Tech (@imaginationASU), May 12
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Upcoming appearances:

* @openjsf Keynote (Austin), Jun 8
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* @CMAgovUK Data Technology/Analytics (London), Jun 15-16
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* A New @hopeconf (NYC), Jul 24
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Recent appearances:

* Revolutionizing Activism — The Power of Utopia (@theC4AA)


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

* Blockchain, Crypto & Web3 (@forlifeitself podcast)
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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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