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

Inside: Workplace surveillance is coming for you; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/08/21/gre…

#Pluralistic 1/ A four-quadrant rectangle depicting four vintage workplace p
I'm Kickstarting a DRM-free audiobook edition of Chokepoint Capitalism, the book @rgibli and I wrote about how tech- and entertainment monopolies rip off artists, and how to unrig those terrible creative labor markets:

kickstarter.com/projects/docto… 2/
("This book really gets it" - @StephenFry) 3/
Going to @BurningMan? Here's my speaking schedule:

* Radical Interoperability: An Internet Disassembly Manual, Aug 29 15h (Center Camp)

* Chokepoint Capitalism: a Better Deal for Creative Labor, Aug 30, 13h (Palenque Norte, 915 and E) 4/
* Interview with @bunniestudios on the Precursor/Trusting Trust, Aug 31, 12h (Liminal Labs, 945 and Rod's) 5/
Workplace surveillance is coming for you: Empricism-washing as a form of wage-theft.

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#20yrsago Is connectivity a business or a calling? web.archive.org/web/2002101208…

#10yrsago How to talk about technology in education without losing your mind to fear dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2012/08/26-int…

#10yrsago Women in atheism: a tour through history 7/
#10yrsago Password cracking goes into hyperdrive arstechnica.com/information-te…

#5yrsago RIP, science fiction legend Brian W Aldiss web.archive.org/web/2017082112…

#1yrago Bubble: Fantastic graphic novel adaptation of the brilliant comedy/sf podcast pluralistic.net/2021/08/21/pod… 8/
Friday's threads: The Business Roundtable's climate plan was killed by its arch-rival, the Business Roundtable; 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:

* Radical Interoperability: An Internet Disassembly Manual, Aug 29 15h (@BurningMan Center Camp)

* Chokepoint Capitalism: a Better Deal for Creative Labor, Aug 30, 13h (@BurningMan @PalenqueNorte, 915 and E) 13/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Interview with @BunnieStudios on thePrecursor /Trusting Trust, Aug 31, 12h (@BurningMan Liminal Labs, 945 and Rod's)

* Canadians Connected (Ottawa), Sept 15
member.cira.ca/Events/Canadia…

* #UnfinishedLive (NYC), Sept 21-24
live.unfinished.com 14/
Recent appearances:

* The Wondrous World of the Early Internet & How To Destroy Surveillance Capitalism (@curaffairs) patreon.com/posts/cory-doc…

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

* Bricking Tractors (Inside Agri-Turf)
inside-agriturf.captivate.fm/episode/bricki… 15/
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… 16/
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/2022/08/21/gre… 17/
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.

My latest Medium column is "Takes One To Know One"

doctorow.medium.com/takes-one-to-k… 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: @YvesSmith (nakedcapitalism.com). 21/

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Inside: Gmail falsely told the police that a father was a molesting his son; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/08/22/all…

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I'm Kickstarting a DRM-free audiobook of Chokepoint Capitalism, the book @rgibli and I wrote about how tech- and entertainment monopolies rip off artists, and how to unrig those terrible labor markets:

kickstarter.com/projects/docto…

("This book really gets it" - @stephenfry) 2/
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* Radical Interop: An Internet Disassembly Manual: Mon 3pm Center Camp

* Chokepoint Capitalism: a Better Deal for Creative Labor: Tue 1pm @PalenqueNorte 915/E

* Talk w/@bunniestudios on the Precursor: Wed 12pm Liminal Labs 945/Rods 3/
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