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Oct 26 26 tweets 24 min read
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Uline's billions fund voter suppression; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/10/26/box…

#Pluralistic 1/ A paper shredder that is sh...
Tonight (Oct 26), I'm hosting an online launch for XYChelsea's new book, "Readme.txt: A Memoir" via @Bookshop_Org:

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Uline's billions fund voter suppression: The Uihlein family used to fund the John Birch Society, today it's the Big Lie.

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#20yrsago @hilaryr debates file-sharing at Oxford web.archive.org/web/2002120806…

#15yrsago LOLCat programming language: LOLCode blog.notdot.net/2007/6/LOLCode…

#15yrsago US terrorist watchlist “galloping toward the million mark” usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/20… 4/ Image
#10yrsago @StephenAtHome to Trump: I’ll pay $1M to your favorite charity if you let me put my balls in your mouth web.archive.org/web/2012102713… 5/ Image
#10yrsago Aviation vulnerability: Scan boarding passes to discover if you’re in for deep screening; print new barcodes if you don’t like what you find puckinflight.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/sec…

#10yrsago Copyright versus human rights techdirt.com/2012/10/26/no-… 6/ Image
#5yrsago A new, virulent ransomware epidemic is fuelled by yet another leaked NSA cyberweapon arstechnica.com/information-te…

#5yrsago A socialist candidate for Minneapolis city council has broken all fundraising records through individual $25 donations theintercept.com/2017/10/26/min… 7/ Image
#5yrsago Six months before the breach, a researcher warned Equifax that all its data was unprotected vice.com/en/article/ne3…

#5yrsago A common satellite comms package for ships and oil rigs has a backdoor that won’t be patched bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/… 8/ Image
#5yrsago 200 Trump inauguration protesters face 70 years in prison each over 6 broken windows theintercept.com/2017/10/25/tru…

#5yrsago Trump Cabinet Secretary’s hometown, 2-person company wins $300m power-rebuilding contract in Puerto Rico washingtonpost.com/national/small… 9/ Image
#5yrsago Epson uses dubious patent claims to nuke ink sellers’ listings from eBay eff.org/deeplinks/2017…

#5yrsago Those “heroic rogue GOP senators” just helped Trump shield Equifax and Wells Fargo from lawsuits theintercept.com/2017/10/24/aft… 10/ Image
#5yrsago Simple steps your small organization can take to defend itself against cyberattacks cs.rice.edu/~dwallach/howt…

#5yrsago Kaspersky’s explanation for possessing secret NSA cyberweapons is a doozy theintercept.com/2017/10/25/nsa… 11/ Image
#5yrsago San Francisco may finally get decent internet access, thanks to municipal fiber wired.com/story/san-fran…

#5yrsago Why electrical engineers should support the right to repair spectrum.ieee.org/why-we-must-fi… 12/ Image
#5yrsago How the Chicago School’s extremist ideology destroyed the American economy with unchecked monopolies web.archive.org/web/2017102413… 13/ Image
#1yrago The Dems' most secret Congressional committee: The Steering and Policy Committee runs the show and we're not even allowed to know who's on it pluralistic.net/2021/10/25/peo… 14/ Image
#1yrago Maxing out our global credit-card with authoritarian debt: Or, why countries are spending more on "border security" than the climate emergency pluralistic.net/2021/10/26/ine… 15/ Image
Monday's threads: An hour of interwar Halloween music; and more!

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My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with @rgibli), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

chokepointcapitalism.com

Signed copies available from @BookSoup:

booksoup.com/book/978080700… 17/
My latest novel 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… 18/
My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, @BeaconPressBks et al) 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:

* Launch for xychelsea's "Readme.txt: A Memoir" (@Bookshop_Org), 10/26:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

* @WEDF_forum, 10/26-28
worldethicaldataforum.org/wedf-2022

* #RadicalBookFair/@Lighthousebks (Edinburgh), 11/10
lighthousebookshop.com/events/chokepo… 20/ Image
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), 11/16
clarkefoundation.org/2022-awards-ev…

* Big Ideas Live (London), 11/19
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Recent appearances:

* Why Patients Should Hack Med Tech (@defcon 30)


* Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan (@lithub)
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* Sex and Politics with @fakedansavage (use code "Doctorow" for a free month):
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Happy #SpookySeason! My picture book "Poesy the Monster Slayer" is the perfect read for your little monsters: it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by @mcrockefeller.

pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poe… 23/ Image
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 "How to Fix Cars By Breaking 'Felony Contempt of Business Model'"

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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @pluralistic@mamot.fr.

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Oct 28
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Adobe steals your color; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/10/28/fad…

#Pluralistic 1/
Adobe steals your color: A SaaS on the mantel in Act I must go off by Act III.

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Hey look at this

* Honda Orders Big Takedown of Honda-Related 3D Printing Models From Maker Communities thedrive.com/news/honda-ord… (h/t Don Hayler)

* 2SAXY - Walk of Fame (h/t @mathowie) 3/ Image
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When a company breaks a product and wrecks decades of work it's natural to feel fury. Companies know this, so they try to deflect your rage by blaming their suppliers. Sometimes, it's suppliers who are at fault - but other times, there is plenty of blame to go around. 1/
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/2022/10/28/fad… 2/
For example, when Apple deleted all the working VPNs from its Chinese App Store and backdoored its Chinese cloud servers, it blamed the Chinese government. 3/
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Number 4, Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) tumblr.com/ilovedamsels19… ImageImageImage
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The World Will Always Welcome Lovers, 1918

By Dave Benz (Benz & Chang)

Walnut ink and watercolor on watercolor paper in “Day of the Dead” at Guardino Gallery.
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