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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…

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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/

Spending $200b to relocated doomed communities will save $1T: The best time to start a 100-year project was a century ago, the second best time is now.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1553093596085354499

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Hey look at this

* Discussion of "Unauthorized Bread" on @buildbridges4am book club 5/

#10yrsago UK high court experiences flash of sanity, decriminalizes sarcastic aviation tweeting arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#5yrsago New York property speculators have figured out how to evict everyone nybooks.com/articles/2017/… 6/

#1yrago Stories from Black women's customer service hell: The women who answer the phone when you call Disney, Airbnb, Carnival and others pluralistic.net/2021/07/29/imp… 7/

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

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1552713989590769665

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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 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/ 10/

Upcoming appearances:

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

* @lmfdems general meeting, Aug 3
lamesafoothillsdemocraticclub.com/2022/07/29/aug…

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

* #UnfinishedLive (NYC), Sept 21-24
live.unfinished.com 11/

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… 12/

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… 13/

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. 14/

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… 15/

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