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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Saving the news from Big Tech with end-to-end social media; Hey look at this; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/06/13/cer…

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Saving the news from Big Tech with end-to-end social media: The final installment in my EFF series on saving the news.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1668683561095032837

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Hey look at this

* Logistics Co Recruiting in American Truck Simulator Amid Driver Shortage gizmodo.com/american-truck…

* Social Case for Bright-Line #Antitrust Rules thesling.org/the-social-cas…

* #Ontario #NDP hearings to lower phone bills/improve ISPs
tomrakocevicmpp.ca/telecom

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#10yrsago Backstage at the #HauntedMansion hauntedmansionbackstage.tumblr.com

#10yrsago Here’s that #Beastles album you’ve been waiting for! djbc.net/thebeastles/

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#10yrsago @EBU_HQ steps in to keep the Greek national broadcaster on the air after police shut it down theguardian.com/media/2013/jun…

#10yrsago “By His Things Will You Know Him,” a short story legacy.iftf.org/fanfutures/doc…

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#5yrsago #Tanzania’s independent websites, podcasts and video channels have gone dark as the country’s new #BloggerTax goes into effect globalvoices.org/2018/06/13/lea…

#5yrsago Ranking the most influential computer security papers ever published mlsec.org/topnotch/

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#1yrago #RegulatoryCapture pluralistic.net/2022/06/13/pub…

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Yesterday's threads: Saving the news from Big Tech with end-to-end social media; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1668246858207236096

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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."

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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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You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

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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 "The Shitty Tech Adoption Curve Has a Business Model"

doctorow.medium.com/the-shitty-tec…

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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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