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Rabbits: PK Dick meets Qanon: Terry Miles's debut novel of conspiratorial madness.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/106371928276853031

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Apple's manorial security: Works well, fails badly - think different?

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/106375767921701863

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Billionaires don't pay tax: Leona Helmsley was an unrecognized genius.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/106376052082178012

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Google and France agree on ad-tech interop: Not the kind of competition we want.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/106376226441686523

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#10yrsago Richard Dreyfuss reads the iTunes EULA https://www.cnet.com/news/richard-dreyfuss-reads-the-itunes-eula/

#10yrsago Top universities a ‘breeding ground’ for Tories, warn Islamic groups https://newsthump.com/2011/06/07/top-universities-a-breeding-ground-for-tories-warn-islamic-groups/

#10yrsago Copyright extremist RIAA lawyer confirmed as America’s Solicitor General https://www.wired.com/2011/06/senate-confirms-verrilli/

#5yrsago Password hashing demystified https://www.wired.com/2016/06/hacker-lexicon-password-hashing/

#1yrsago Big mail providers block indie mailing lists https://pluralistic.net/2020/06/08/the-last-federated-platform/#postal-inspectors

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#1yrago Private equity's coming for your pension https://pluralistic.net/2020/06/08/the-last-federated-platform/#cat-food-dotage

#1yrsago Cops are legally entitled to reject "high IQ" candidates https://pluralistic.net/2020/06/08/the-last-federated-platform/#derp-badge

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Yesterday's threads: Podcasting "I Quit"; New York to revolutionize antitrust; New York to revolutionize voting; Competition tames ISPs; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/106370757437395185

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My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books. @washingtonpost called it "a political cyberthriller, vigorous, bold and savvy about the limits of revolution and resistance."

Get signed books from @darkdel: https://www.darkdel.com/store/p1840/Available_Now%3A_Attack_Surface.html

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My book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" is a critique of Big Tech connecting conspiratorial thinking to the rise of tech monopolies (proposing a way to deal with both) is now out in paperback:

https://onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism-8135e6744d59

Signed copies here:
https://www.darkdel.com/store/p2024/Available_Now%3A__How_to_Destroy_Surveillance_Capitalism.html

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My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, and others) 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."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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Recent appearances:

* Fireside Chat with Beatriz Busaniche (Rightscon)
https://youtu.be/R3XsUnAMb5U?t=701

* Genre Talk:
https://anchor.fm/genretalkpodcast/episodes/Genre-Talk-2-8-with-Cory-Doctorow-e12bgoa

* Get Your News On With Ron/Ron Placone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hqdFqfvl00

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My first picture book is out! It's called Poesy the Monster Slayer and it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by Matt Rockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poesy-the-monster-slayer/#poesy

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Today's top sources: Boing Boing (https://boingboing.net/), Slashdot (https://slashdot.org/), Gizmodo (https://gizmodo.com/).

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