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Jul 28 21 tweets 16 min read
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Your computer is tormented by a wicked god; Peter Thiel's evil, but he's not an "evil genius"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/07/28/des…

#Pluralistic 1/ Image:  Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wi
This Saturday (July 30) at 3PM, I will be reading and signing my picture book "Poesy the Monster Slayer" at the @DarkDel booth at @MidsummerScream in #LongBeach, CA:

midsummerscream.org 2/
Sponsor me for the @ClarionUCSD Write-A-Thon! I'm writing 10,000 words on my prison-tech thriller "The Bezzle" and raising scholarship money for the Clarion SF/F workshop, which I graduated from in 1992.

clarionwriteathon.com/members/profil… 3/
Your computer is tormented by a wicked god: Bootkits are why we can't have nice things.

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Peter Thiel's evil, but he's not an "evil genius": How to criticize self-mythologizing villains.

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Hey look at this

* Sarah Jickling and her Good Bad Luck (💯 🎶 about mental health) youtube.com/c/SarahJicklin… (h/t @OhNoPodcast)

* Abortion pills embedded in biz cards vice.com/en/article/bvm…

* Disability at Home (hacks/adaptations) disabilityathome.org (h/t Fipi Lele) 6/
#15yrsago Web contracts can’t be changed without notice web.archive.org/web/2007091807…

#10yrsago Record labels won’t share Pirate Bay winnings with artists; they’re keeping it for record companies torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-loo… 7/
#5yrsago Foxconn’s corporate welfare deal will cost Wisconsin taxpayers more than 3 billion dollars jsonline.com/story/news/pol…

#1yrago Bankruptcy and elite impunity: The Sacklers offer billions of reasons to overthrow the system pluralistic.net/2021/07/29/imp… 8/
Yesterday's threads: "War Against All Puerto Ricans"; Dashcam repo; and more!

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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… 10/
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… 11/
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/ 12/
Upcoming appearances:

* @MidsummerScream (Long Beach), Jul 30
midsummerscream.org

* @DEFCON 30 (Las Vegas), Aug 13
defcon.org/html/defcon-30…

* #UnfinishedLive (NYC), Sept 21-24
live.unfinished.com 13/
Recent appearances:

* Bricking Tractors (Inside Agri-Turf)
inside-agriturf.captivate.fm/episode/bricki…

* Blockchain, Bitcoin & Selling The Brooklyn Bridge (@MMTPodcast):
pileusmmt.libsyn.com/135-cory-docto… 14/
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/
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/2022/07/28/des… 16/
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. 17/
My latest @Medium column is "Dare to Know: What if knowing the exact date of your death was a luxury good?"

doctorow.medium.com/dare-to-know-9… 18/
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 19/
Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @pluralistic@mamot.fr.

Here's today's edition: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1… 20/
Today's top sources: Bruce Schneier (schneier.com). 21/

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Jul 29
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Spending $200b to relocated doomed communities will save $1T; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/07/29/man…

#Pluralistic 1/ A leafy suburb, flooded to ...
Tomorrow (July 30) at 3PM, I will be reading and signing my picture book "Poesy the Monster Slayer" at the @DarkDel booth at @MidsummerScream in #LongBeach, CA:

midsummerscream.org 2/
It's the last day to sponsor me for the @ClarionUCSD Write-A-Thon! I'm writing 10,000 words on my prison-tech thriller "The Bezzle" and raising scholarship money for the Clarion SF/F workshop, which I graduated from in 1992.

clarionwriteathon.com/members/profil… 3/
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One million US homes are built on floodplains. It would cost $200B to relocate the people who live in them. If we do that, we will save $1T. Those homes are doomed. 1/ A leafy suburb, flooded to ...
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When (not if) people leave them (either before or after floods come), they merely be arriving at a conclusion that is inevitable today.

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