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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Podcasting "Regulatory Capture"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/06/13/pub…

#Pluralistic 1/

This week (Jun 15/16) I'm speaking in #London at the CMAgovUK Data Technology and Analytics conference

eventbrite.co.uk/e/cma-data-tec… 2/

Podcasting "Regulatory Capture": My column about the difference between a left and a right theory of sound regulation.

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Podcasting "Regulatory Capture"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/06/13/pub…

#Pluralistic 3/

This week (Jun 15/16) I'm speaking in #London at the CMAgovUK Data Technology and Analytics conference

eventbrite.co.uk/e/cma-data-tec… 4/

Podcasting "Regulatory Capture": My column about the difference between a left and a right theory of sound regulation.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1536328534263746560

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Hey look at this

* Tech Monopolies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 6/

#10yrsago Meritocracies become oligarchies thenation.com/article/archiv…

#10yrsago FunnyJunk’s bewildered lawyer: “I’m completely unfamiliar really with this style of responding to a legal threat” web.archive.org/web/2012061301… 7/

#5yrsago PA supreme court: was illegal to steal elderly woman’s home because her son sold $140 of weed reason.com/2017/05/30/cou…

#5yrsago Missouri legislator responds to abortion controversy by slaughtering chicken. ‘God gave man dominion over animals.’ web.archive.org/web/2017061312… 8/

#5yrsago Down Among the Sticks and Bones: return to the world of Every Heart a Doorway, where gender and peril collide memex.craphound.com/2017/06/13/dow…

#5yrsago Automattic’s teleworking program is so successful they’re closing their San Francisco office qz.com/1002655/the-co… 9/

#5yrsago @BruceS: science fiction won’t make the future better wired.com/beyond-the-bey… 10/

Yesterday's threads: The Geico STD story is the new McDonald's Hot Coffee story; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1536005167962898432

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Geico (modified)
geico.com 11/

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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… 13/

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… 14/

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."

craphound.com/shop/ 15/

Upcoming appearances:

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

* A New @HOPEconf (NYC), Jul 24
hope.net 16/

Recent appearances:

* Supp-Lie Demand (Bad Faith podcast with @briebriejoy):
patreon.com/posts/67550669

* The Sci-Fi Feedback Loop: Mapping Fiction’s Influence on Real-World Tech
csi.asu.edu/calendar/event…

* Privacy is the New Celebrity
buzzsprout.com/1806101/106430… 17/

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… 18/

You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

Here's today's edition: pluralistic.net/2022/06/13/pub… 19/

If you're a @Medium subscriber, you can read these essays - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com. 20/

My latest @Medium column is "Direct: The Problem of Middlemen," a review of @profkatejudge's debut book about the problems of the middleman economy.

doctorow.medium.com/direct-the-pro… 21/

If you prefer a newsletter, subscribe to the plura-list, which is also ad- and tracker-free, and is utterly unadorned save a single daily emoji. Today's is "💐". Suggestions solicited for future emojis!

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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @[e-mail].

Here's today's edition: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1…

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1536328534263746560

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Hey look at this

* Tech Monopolies: Last Week Tonight with @IAmJohnOliver 24/

#10yrsago Meritocracies become oligarchies thenation.com/article/archiv…

#10yrsago FunnyJunk’s bewildered lawyer: “I’m completely unfamiliar really with this style of responding to a legal threat” web.archive.org/web/2012061301… 25/

#5yrsago PA supreme court: was illegal to steal elderly woman’s home because her son sold $140 of weed reason.com/2017/05/30/cou…

#5yrsago Missouri legislator responds to abortion controversy by slaughtering chicken. ‘God gave man dominion over animals.’ web.archive.org/web/2017061312… 26/

#5yrsago Down Among the Sticks and Bones: return to the world of Every Heart a Doorway, where gender and peril collide memex.craphound.com/2017/06/13/dow…

#5yrsago Automattic’s teleworking program is so successful they’re closing their San Francisco office qz.com/1002655/the-co… 27/

#5yrsago @BruceS: science fiction won’t make the future better wired.com/beyond-the-bey… 28/

Yesterday's threads: The Geico STD story is the new McDonald's Hot Coffee story; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1536005167962898432

29/

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… 30/

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… 31/

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."

craphound.com/shop/ 32/

Upcoming appearances:

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

* A New @HOPEconf (NYC), Jul 24
hope.net 33/

Recent appearances:

* Supp-Lie Demand (Bad Faith podcast with @briebriejoy):
patreon.com/posts/67550669

* The Sci-Fi Feedback Loop: Mapping Fiction’s Influence on Real-World Tech
csi.asu.edu/calendar/event…

* Privacy is the New Celebrity
buzzsprout.com/1806101/106430… 34/

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… 35/

You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

Here's today's edition: pluralistic.net/2022/06/13/pub… 36/

If you're a @Medium subscriber, you can read these essays - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com. 37/

My latest @Medium column is "Direct: The Problem of Middlemen," a review of @profkatejudge's debut book about the problems of the middleman economy.

doctorow.medium.com/direct-the-pro… 38/

If you prefer a newsletter, subscribe to the plura-list, which is also ad- and tracker-free, and is utterly unadorned save a single daily emoji. Today's is "💐". Suggestions solicited for future emojis!

Subscribe here: pluralistic.net/plura-list 39/

Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @[e-mail].

Here's today's edition: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1… 40/