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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Guide to a ripoff-free funeral; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/09/09/hig…

#Pluralistic 1/ A graveside casket. Dancing atop it is a drawing of Monopoly
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/
Guide to a ripoff-free funeral: Terminal-stage capitalism.

3/ Image: Eugene Peretz (modified) https://www.flickr.com/photo
Hey look at this

* An environmentalist gets lunch worksinprogress.substack.com/p/notes-on-pro… (h/t Fipi Lele)

* Honoring Peter Eckersley, Who Made the Internet a Safer Place for Everyone eff.org/deeplinks/2022…

* @Proctorio doesn't stop cheating 4/
#10yrsago Increasingly desperate quest to find photos to illustrate news stories about Eurozone crisis spiegel.de/international/…

#5yrsago The Voynich Manuscript appears to be a fairly routine anthology of ancient women’s health advice the-tls.co.uk/articles/voyni… 5/
#5yrsago Australia’s housing bubble is built on a deadly, about-to-burst credit bubble news.com.au/finance/econom…

#5yrsago Equifax lobbied to take away breach victims’ right to sue ibtimes.com/political-capi… 6/
#5yrsago Equifax’s dox of America: Sign up for “free” monitoring, get billed forever web.archive.org/web/2017091102… 7/
Yesterday's threads: Every billionaire is a factory for producing policy failures; The horrifying tale of a blockchain-based virtual sweatshop; and more!

8/ Image: MrT HK (modified) https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrthk
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 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… 10/
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/ 11/
Upcoming appearances:

* Canadians Connected (Ottawa), 9/15
member.cira.ca/Events/Canadia…

* #UnfinishedLive (NYC), 9/21-24
live.unfinished.com

* Chokepoint Capitalism, @BookSoup (LA), 9/27
booksoup.com/event/cory-doc… 12/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @WEDF_forum, 10/26-28
worldethicaldataforum.org

* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), 11/16
mailchi.mp/2e2b8a01e992/s… 13/
Recent appearances:

* Launch for @Motherboard's Terraform antho
vice.com/en/article/3ad…

* Crypto and the Left (@TBSocialist)
theblockchainsocialist.com/crypto-and-the…

* The Wondrous World of the Early Internet & How To Destroy Surveillance Capitalism (@curaffairs) patreon.com/posts/cory-doc… 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/2022/09/09/hig… 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.

My latest Medium column is "Parenting and Phones, an Empowering Approach"

doctorow.medium.com/parenting-and-… 17/
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Subscribe here: pluralistic.net/plura-list 18/
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… 19/

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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: American healthcare did a fuckery; The White House has a plan for Big Tech; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/09/10/big…

#Pluralistic 1/ Image
#Toronto! #NewYork! #SanFrancisco! I'm heading your way with my next book, "Chokepoint Capitalism"!

9/16: Toronto - @typebooks/Junction 7PM

9/25: SF
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9/27: LA
booksoup.com/event/cory-doc…

More (#DC, #Ottawa, #Boston, #London, #Miami, more!) coming soon! 2/ Image
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) 3/
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This week, the White House released its antimonopoly for the tech sector. It's important, because a free, fair and open internet is a necessary precondition for organizing all our other fights about human rights, equity, labor, the climate, and racial and gender justice. 1/ The logo for the White Hous...
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

pluralistic.net/2022/09/10/big… 2/
The White House plan is a mixed bag. They set out six action points, each of them amorphous enough that they could all be summarized as "the devil is in the details" - that is, depending on how these are handled, they could be great, or terrible. 3/
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My fellow Americans, I regret to inform you that our beloved health insurance industry has done a major fuckery. I know this is hard to believe, given the probity and honor we associate with our fine insurance companies, but the evidence is incontrovertible. 1/ Ticker-tape parade for pres...
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