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This is the last edition of Pluralistic for a little while. I'm having major surgery - a hip replacement - on Tuesday, and the doc tells me the biggest risk when someone as young as I am gets joint replacement is pushing the recovery too hard and injuring yourself, so I'm taking some time off to recover. I'll be back mid-to-late-September-ish, unless it's later. Take care of yourself and the people around you, and I'll see you then.

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Proctorio's awful reviews disappear down the memory hole: Ian Linkletter saved the receipts.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/106873836600093743

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#1yrago Political ads have very small effect-sizes https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/04/elusive-mind-control/#persuadables

#1yrago CO asphyxiation accounts for half of Hurricane Laura deaths https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/04/elusive-mind-control/#co

#1yrago Physicists overestimate their epidemiology game https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/04/elusive-mind-control/#hubris

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Yesterday's threads: Gun-maker demands Sandy Hook children's disciplinary records; ALEC pushed voter suppression bills; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/106868520395812348

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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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Upcoming appearances:

* From Wayback to Way Forward: The Internet Archive turns 25, Oct 21
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-wayback-to-way-forward-the-internet-archive-turns-25-virtual-tickets-163615196457

* Keynote for SeaGL 2021, Nov 5-6
https://seagl.org/news/2021/06/08/format-2021

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Recent appearances:

* Poesy the Monster Slayer, Turn the Page
http://turnthepage.blubrry.net/2021/09/02/turn-the-page-episode-157b/

* Launch for Ben Rosenbaum's "The Unraveling" (Booksoup)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxcRXcRhCMY

* The Night of the Comet (NISO Plus):
https://niso.cadmoremedia.com/Title/1e687d34-4ac1-48ae-9f6a-0445494633ce

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

Here's today's edition: https://pluralistic.net/2021/09/04/hypervigilance/

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If you're a Medium subscriber, you can read these - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.

My latest Medium column is "Twitter Arguments," making the case for arguing with foolish strangers on Twitter as critical to advancing esoteric social causes:

https://doctorow.medium.com/twitter-arguments-ef50dca9f45f

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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @pluralistic.

Here's today's edition: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/106873909837696820

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