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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: The high cost of "self-funded" Democrats; and more!

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Tomorrow (Aug 3), I'll be a guest at the monthly general meeting of the @lmfdems, where we'll be talking about monopoly and trustbusting:

lamesafoothillsdemocraticclub.com/2022/07/29/aug… 2/

The high cost of "self-funded" Democrats: Rich dilletantes will not save us.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1554490225996570626

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Hey look at this

* People "Feel Unsafe" Because Visible Poverty Is Everywhere thecolumn.substack.com/p/people-feel-…

* Launch of the Hip Hop Alliance, a trade union for rappers vibe.com/news/entertain… (h/t @PaydayReport) 4/

#20yrsago @flohmann shreds WiFi FUD web.archive.org/web/2002101403…

#15yrsago Proposal to reboot and de-cruft US Copyright Law craphound.com/PreliminaryTho…

#15yrsago @cshirky explains: destroying limitations is good for culture corante.com/social-softwar… 5/

#15yrsago @Walmart pays Mexican teens $0 an hour web.archive.org/web/2007080213…

#15yrsago @TSA chief: facial twitches fight terrorism schneier.com/blog/archives/…

#10yrsago When @rudytheelder met Kurt Gödel rudyrucker.com/blog/2012/08/0… 6/

#10yrsago Scientology’s “Hole” – alleged torture-camp for high-ranking execs who fell out of favor web.archive.org/web/2012080317…

#10yrsago Life in a city made of computers antipope.org/charlie/blog-s… 7/

#5yrsago UK Home Secretary evolves the self-serving crypto-denialism argument with exciting new bullshit businessinsider.com/home-secretary…

#5yrsago RIP, Bassel Khartabil, Syrian free culture activist executed by the Assad regime eff.org/deeplinks/2017… 8/

#5yrsago Reidentification attack reveals German judge’s porn-browsing habits theguardian.com/technology/201…

#5yrsago Norwegian Islamophobes mistake bus-seat-covers for burkhas, go bonkers thelocal.no/20170731/norwe… 9/

#5yrsago Touring, complete: what gear survived four months of hard-wearing book-tour? memex.craphound.com/2017/08/02/tou…

#1yrago Machine learning sucks at covid pluralistic.net/2021/08/02/aut… https://t.co/PKMLq1muE7 10/

Yesterday's threads: Podcasting "View A SKU"; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1554129018886262788

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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:

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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:

* @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
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Recent appearances:

* DRM Secretly Polices You (@dtnsshow)
dailytechnewsshow.com/2022/07/29/drm…

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

* Blockchain, Bitcoin & Selling The Brooklyn Bridge (@MMTpodcast):
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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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My latest Medium column is "Divination: How the Tim Powers method for secret histories keeps my creative juices flowing"

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