Thread by @doctorow

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: To save the news, repeal the app tax; Hey look at this; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/06/07/cur…

#Pluralistic

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Today 7/6, I'm keynoting @republica in #Berlin:

re-publica.com/de/news/rp23-k…

Tomorrow 8/6, I'm at @otherlandberlin Books with my novel *Red Team Blues*:

otherland-berlin.de/de/event-detai…

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To save the news, repeal the app tax: The latest in "saving the news from Big Tech."

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1666340397801693184

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Hey look at this

* How #BigPharma Rigged the Patent System prospect.org/health/2023-06…

* SEC v. #Binance: "A web of deception" newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/sec-v-binanc…

* What if We’re Thinking About #Inflation All Wrong? newyorker.com/news/persons-o…

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#10yrsago UK spies have access to #NSA #Prism, which has “direct access” to world’s largest Internet companies’ servers theguardian.com/technology/201…

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#10yrsago Leaked NSA slide-deck claims that NSA has “direct access” to servers at Google, Apple, Facebook, Skype, Yahoo, and many others theguardian.com/world/2013/jun…

#10yrsago New NSA logo memex.craphound.com/2013/06/07/new…

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#10yrsago Schneier: what we need the #whistleblowers to tell us about America’s surveillance apparatus theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

#1yrago Fake Christian health insurance and other big cons pluralistic.net/2022/06/07/mor…

#1yrago @jamesbridle's "Ways of Being" pluralistic.net/2022/06/07/mor…

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Yesterday's threads: A business model for bankrupting the oil companies; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1666023547343347714

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

Signed copies at @DarkDel (US):

darkdel.com/store/p2873/We…

and @ForbiddenPlanet (UK):

forbiddenplanet.com/385004-red-tea…

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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:

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

* @otherlandberlin event for Red Team Blues, 6/8, 8PM (#Berlin)
otherland-berlin.de/de/event-detai…

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Recent appearances:

* How To Save News Media From Our Tech Overlords (@CANADALAND)
canadaland.com/podcast/888-ho…

* Most AI is not artificial or intelligent (with @jamesbridle)


* @machinekillspod
soundcloud.com/thismachinekil…

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If you're a @Medium subscriber, you can read these essays - and previews of upcoming columns and exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.

My latest Medium column is "Ayyyy Eyeee: The lie that raced around the world before the truth got its boots on"

doctorow.medium.com/ayyyyyy-eyeeee…

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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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