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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/

Off to @BurningMan? Here's my talks:

* 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/

Gmail falsely told the police that a father was a molesting his son: Filternets fail.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1561729808517763074

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Hey look at this

* Inside the World’s Biggest Rickroll wired.com/story/biggest-…

* Who better than Truss to lead a land whose sewage laps at its shores? theguardian.com/commentisfree/… (h/t @jjn1)

* We must track how insurance red tape affects patients bmj.com/content/378/bm… 5/

#20yrsago How the EU's DMCA will change the UK (by @mala) web.archive.org/web/2002082410…

#10yrsago Epic doggerel about bad blog-comment behavior (@stephenbrust on @scalzi) dreamcafe.com/2012/08/21/joh… 6/

#5yrsago OCTOBER: China Mieville’s novelistic history of the Russian revolution memex.craphound.com/2017/08/22/oct…

#5yrsago Researchers can take over domestic and industrial robots to spy and maim wired.com/story/watch-ro… 7/

#5yrsago Calgary airport regrets converting disabled parking spaces into “Lexus only” parking spaces cbc.ca/amp/1.4255651

#5yrsago The Trump family’s holidays and business trips have used up the entire Secret Service budget vice.com/en/article/nee… 8/

Yesterday's threads: Workplace surveillance is coming for you; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1561419535256780800

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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 the Precursor/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/

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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 "What is Chokepoint Capitalism?"

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