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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Two principles to protect internet users from decaying platforms; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/10/sof…

#Pluralistic

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Today (May 10), I'm in #VANCOUVER for a keynote at the #OSSummit:

events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…

And a book event tonight at #HeritageHall:

eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…

Tomorrow (May 11), I'm in #CALGARY for @WordfestTweets:

wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…

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Two principles to protect internet users from decaying platforms: Don't just try to make platforms better - make them less important.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1656275436949880832

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Hey look at this

* RIP #Metaverse businessinsider.com/metaverse-dead… (h/t Metafilter)

* The Case for Judge @superwuster prospect.org/justice/2023-0…

* The UK Finally Published its Competition Bill. Was it Worth the Wait? techpolicy.press/the-uk-finally…

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#15yrsago SF fanzines prefigured blogs: #RogerEbert web.archive.org/web/2008050100…

#10yrsago Breathtaking ATM hack nets $45M in hours arstechnica.com/information-te…

#10yrsago Porno #CopyrightTroll to Georgia judge: “Ignore Cal judge! They have gay marriage!” techdirt.com/2013/05/09/pre…

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#10yrsago State Department orders removal of #DefenseDistributed’s printable gun designs forbes.com/sites/andygree…

#10yrsago Bake a Mean Spirited Censorship Pie with @EFF eff.org/deeplinks/2013…

#10yrsago #Warcraft numbers plummet; 14% drop in Q1/13 web.archive.org/web/2013060810…

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#10yrsago Forcing your employees to do dumb #Scientology exercises creates a “hostile work environment” eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-…

#10yrsago Anatomy of a state-sponsored phishing attack: how the #SyrianElectronicArmy hacked @TheOnion theonion.github.io/blog/2013/05/0…

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#5yrsago Amazon has a real fake review problem buzzfeed.com/nicolenguyen/a…

#5yrsago Victory! Fourth Circuit rules that border officials can’t subject electronic devices to suspicionless forensic searches eff.org/deeplinks/2018…

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#5yrsago Trump’s Labor Department is planning a rollback of teen labor laws, allowing kids to work in “hazardous” jobs news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

#5yrsago #GrenfellTowers leaks: Tory politicians rejected fireproof cladding proposal for a 5.7% savings theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/m…

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#5yrsago Chinese law professor: #AI will end capitalism washingtonpost.com/news/theworldp…

#5yrsago Senators will be forced to vote on @AjitPai’s decision to kill #NetNeutrality theverge.com/2018/5/9/17333…

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Yesterday's threads: KPMG audits the nursing homes it advises on how to beat audits; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1655970347328610304

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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:

* #OSSummit (#Vancouver), 5/10
events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…

* @MassyArts Red Team Blues event with @seancranbury (#Vancouver), 5/10
eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…

* Red Team Blues at @WordfestTweets (#Calgary), 5/11
wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @GburgBookFest, (#Gaithersburg) 5/20
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…

* @publicknowledge Emerging Tech keynote (#DC), 5/22
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tec…

* #WEPFest w/@RonDeibert, @hockeyesque and @DrNancyOlivieri (#Toronto), 5/23
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-s…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @HTLGIFestival (#Hay), 5/28
howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-ai-…

* @HTLGIFestival (#Hay), 5/29
howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-dan…

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

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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

* @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:

* @MarkTLive


* Enshittification Part 1: Why Every Platform Goes Bad (@onthemedia)
wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/s…

* Author Talk: Cory Doctorow and @Annaleen in Conversation/@SFPublicLibrary


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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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