Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: The seductive, science fictional power of spreadsheets; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/29/ged…

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Tomorrow (Apr 30) at 2PM, I'll be at the #SanFrancisco Public Library with my new book, *Red Team Blues*, hosted by @annaleen@wandering.shop:

sfpl.org/events/2023/04…

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The seductive, science fictional power of spreadsheets: Maybe the map IS the territory?



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Hey look at this

* Feditrends (popular #fediverse links) feditrends.com (h/t Nelson Minar)

* Jean Baptiste Vérany’s Chromolithographs of #Cephalopods (1851) publicdomainreview.org/collection/ver…

* “Red Team Blues” and the As-You-Know-Bob problem crookedtimber.org/2023/04/27/red…

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#15yrsago My #email management power-tips theguardian.com/technology/200…

#15yrsago @EFF to #Ballmer: You owe MSN Music customers an apology, a refund and more eff.org/press/archives…

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#10yrsago Monsters and Legends: kids’ reference book on the origin of monsters memex.craphound.com/2013/04/29/mon…

#10yrsago Icelandic #PirateParty lands three seats in Icelandic parliament arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

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#10yrsago @bruces on startups’ role in helping the global rich get richer web.archive.org/web/2013042801…

#5yrsago Facebook warns investors to expect bigger and worse scandals than #CambridgeAnalytica siliconvalley.com/2018/04/27/fac…

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#5yrsago 100 US Mayors sign a pledge to boycott ISPs that commit #NetNeutrality violations gizmodo.com/100-us-mayors-…

#5yrsago The @teachersstrikes are spreading labornotes.org/blogs/2018/04/…

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#5yrsago The US gave its client states hundreds of millions for anti-terrorism, then crooked UK military contractors ripped it all off federalnewsnetwork.com/acquisition/20…

#1yrago Killing online #surveillance with contextual ads pluralistic.net/2022/04/29/tak…

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#1yrago Renegotiate the web "bargain" by blocking all ads pluralistic.net/2022/04/28/shu…

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Thursday's threads: Convicted monopolist prevented from re-offending; and more!



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My latest novel is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold!

Signed copies at @DarkDel:

darkdel.com/store/p2873/We…

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My latest nonfiction 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…

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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/

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Upcoming appearances:

* Red Team Blues at @SFPublicLibrary with @Annaleen (#SanFrancisco), 4/30
sfpl.org/events/2023/04…

* Red Team Blues at @Powell's with @waxy (#PDX/Cedar Hills Crossing), 5/2
powells.com/book/red-team-…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Red Team Blues at @Powell's with @waxy (#PDX/Cedar Hills Crossing), 5/2
powells.com/book/red-team-…

* Red Team Blues at @BooksIncStores with @mkapor (#MountainView), 5/5
booksinc.net/event/cory-doc…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Red Team Blues event with @TimHarford (#Oxford), 5/29
eventbrite.co.uk/e/cory-doctoro…

* Red Team Blues event with @christreilly (#Nottingham), 5/30
waterstones.com/events/an-even…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Red Team Blues event with @cubicgarden (#Manchester), 5/31
waterstones.com/events/in-conv…

* @uclcs Peter Kirstein Lecture, 6/1 (#London):
eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-kirste…

* @CymeraF, 6/3 (#Edinburgh)
cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera23-event…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Red Team Blues with @Marthalanefox at the @bl, 6/5 (#London):
bl.uk/events/an-even…

* @republica keynote, 6/7 (#Berlin)
re-publica.com/de/news/rp23-k…

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Recent appearances:

* The Next Chapter/CBC
cbc.ca/player/play/21…

* @mediadeathcult


* Slingshot
thesling.org/video/slingsho…

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Here's today's edition: pluralistic.net/2023/04/29/ged…

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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.

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My latest Medium column is "A Collective Bargain: Workplace democracy is a training ground for true national democracy"

doctorow.medium.com/a-collective-b…

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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? You can read my work elsewhere, but it is now a #TwitterCrime to tell you how. Please visit my site, pluralistic.net, for links to find me on less-unhinged places (I can only imagine that my days here are numbered).

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Tomorrow (May 2) at 7PM, I'll be at the Cedar Hills Crossing (#PDX) @Powells with @waxy:

powells.com/book/red-team-…

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When you hear "fintech," think "unlicensed bank": "...with a computer."



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