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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Google makes millions on paid abortion disinformation; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/06/15/pai…

#Pluralistic

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Google makes millions on paid abortion disinformation: The real secret of "dark SEO" is "pay for an ad."

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1669401884879355904

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Hey look at this

* The Mystery of #WaltDisneyWorld’s Bermuda Triangle micechat.com/319186-the-mys…

* #Disney’s #HauntedMansion and the Invention of Halloween as You Know It micechat.com/308943-disneys…

* Apollo Remastered apolloremastered.com (h/t @kottke)

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#15yrsago #MMORPG Tycoon: a video game about running a video game company web.archive.org/web/2008061917…

#15yrsago South China Mall: the largest #GhostMall in the world web.archive.org/web/2008061800…

#15yrsago Hollywood wants to infect all next-gen video with #DRM latimes.com/archives/blogs…

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#10yrsago Why you should care about surveillance theguardian.com/technology/blo…

#10yrsago #Durian McFlurry at McDonald’s Singapore donaldandcathy.typepad.com/ma_vie_trouvee…

#10yrsago Xbox One will divide EU into different markets web.archive.org/web/2013062101…

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#5yrsago #CambridgeAnalytica’s key staffers formed a new company that’s working on Trump 2020 apnews.com/article/north-…

#5yrsago @StephenAtHome explains Jesus’ position on ripping children from their parents to @jeffsessions

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#5yrsago Eye tracking and fMRI confirm that we don’t even perceive #SecurityWarnings before clicking past them web.archive.org/web/2018060611…

#5yrsago GDP vs human thriving: a “healthy” economy means debt-haunted people, desperately searching for housing vice.com/en/article/qvn…

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#5yrsago Danish anti-piracy lawyers stole millions from their clients, sentenced to years in prison torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-la…

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#5yrsago The UN’s top free speech expert just denounced the new EU copyright plan as a “potential violation of international human rights law” documentcloud.org/documents/4516…

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#1yrago Boy, gig companies sure hire disastrously sloppy lawyers: $100m flushed down the drain in Massachusetts pluralistic.net/2022/06/15/sim…

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Yesterday's threads: How Amazon transformed the EU into a planned economy; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1669077910878322688

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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:

* Red Team Blues: Conversation w/@seancranbury (@MassyBooks)


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

* AI is not artificial or intelligent (w/@jamesbridle)


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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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