Thread by @doctorow

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Orphaned neurological implants; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/12/12/uns…

#Pluralistic 1/

My publisher @TorBooks and @Goodreads are drawing for a giveaway of advance copies of my next novel, "Red Team Blues," a Silicon Valley forensic accounting thriller about a cryptocurrency heist - If you're in the US or Canada, enter here to win a copy:

goodreads.com/giveaway/show/… 2/

Orphaned neurological implants: When the company that powers your nervous system decides to 'pivot.'

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1602344203941560320

3/

Hey look at this

* Merry Mixmas 2023 djriko.com/dls/DJ%20Riko%…

* Cyborgs on the Highways prospect.org/culture/books/…

* What actually is statistics? blog.piekniewski.info/2022/12/09/wha… 4/

#20yrsago Wardriver bumper-stickers staticusers.net/wardriver/

#15yrsago w00t is Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2007 web.archive.org/web/2008050913…

#15yrsago RIP Anita Rowland, blogging pioneer and sf convention runner jackwilliambell.livejournal.com/198715.html 5/

#15yrsago Why do downloads make Amazon go crazy? theguardian.com/technology/200…

#15yrsago KnitML: standards-defined knitting patterns web.archive.org/web/2007121408…

#15yrsago Facebook’s Beacon was illegal as well as dumb laboratorium.net/archive/2007/1… 6/

#15yrsago Movable Type now under a free license movabletype.org/news/2007/12/m…

#15yrsago Neil Gaiman helps fan propose to girlfriend through book inscription web.archive.org/web/2007112922…

#15yrsago Terry Pratchett has rare, early-onset Alzheimer’s web.archive.org/web/2007121917… 7/

#10yrsago France remains America’s copyright crash-test dummy: about to ditch HADOPI, poised to adopt the dregs of SOPA instead techdirt.com/2012/12/10/fre…

#10yrsago Interlibrary Loan is awesome web.archive.org/web/2012122107… 8/

#10yrsago Understanding the NDAA, a US law that makes it possible to indefinitely detain people without charge or trial propublica.org/article/cuttin… 9/

#5yrsago How a maker with diabetes led an open source project to create a free-as-in-code artificial pancreas al.com/news/huntsvill… 10/

#5yrsago Independent auditor: Trump has made it impossible for students defrauded by predatory diploma mills to get their loans cancelled bbc.com/news/world-us-… 11/

#5yrsago Child molester Roy Moore said he wants to repeal all Constitutional amendments after the first ten, which would revive slavery and end votes for women and black people businessinsider.com/roy-moore-amen… 12/

#5yrsago German VW exec is going to US prison for seven years for his role in Dieselgate reuters.com/article/us-vol… 13/

#5yrsago A law-enforcement agency is trying to figure out who owns the bots that hacked the FCC’s Net Neutrality comment period, but the FCC is obstructing justice vice.com/en/article/wjz… 14/

#5yrsago 100 million Americans live in areas where every single ISP has admitted to violating net neutrality muninetworks.org/content/177-mi…

#5yrsago Security Planner: a peer-reviewed tool to help you figure out your personal digital security plan securityplanner.consumerreports.org 15/

#5yrsago Open primaries? Democratic establishment bars anyone who challenges an incumbent from using the party’s Votebuilder database wired.com/story/justice-… 16/

#5yrsago Your inbox is full of spyware-riddled emails that are both potentially very harmful to you and also very easy to disable wired.com/story/how-emai…

#5yrsago ACA isn’t enough: single-payer is a feminist issue jacobin.com/2017/12/single… 17/

Saturday's threads: Freedom of reach IS freedom of speech; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1601606884011773953

18/

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… 19/

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… 20/

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."

craphound.com/shop/ 21/

Upcoming appearances:

* Library Learning Experience/@ALALibrary (New Orleans), 1/27-30
2023.alaliblearnx.org/cory-doctorow

* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (@UCLLaws), 2/1
ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20…

* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc… 22/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Antitrust, Regulation and the Political Economy (Brussels), 3/2:
brusselsconference.com/registration 23/

Recent appearances:

* @dartsandletters:
dartsandletters.ca/2022/12/12/ep7…

* @bubtroubpodcast (Part 2)
bubbletroublepodcast.com/chokepoint-cap…

* Corporate Power (@privacyint)
media.privacyinternational.org/w/fKu4rZFZMCFZ…

* Taylor Swift, Ticketmaster, and Chokepoint Capitalism (@zingales)
capitalisnt.com/episodes/taylo… 24/

Recent appearances (cont'd):

* Plurality and democracy with @AudreyT (Liberté!)


* Anti-interoperability, vendor lock-in, and high switching costs (@ClearerPodcast)
clearerthinkingpodcast.com/episode/135 25/

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/2022/12/12/uns… 26/

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 "Plato Would Ban Ad-Blockers: He was a dick."

doctorow.medium.com/plato-would-ba… 27/

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 28/

Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @[e-mail].

Here's today's edition: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1… 29/

Today's top sources: Jeanne Kramer-Smyth (jeannekramersmyth.com). 30/