Today's threads (a thread).
Inside: A denialism taxonomy; Urban broadband deserts; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2021/06/10/flicc/
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A denialism taxonomy: FLICC (fake experts, logical fallacies, impossible expectations, cherry picking, conspiracy theories).
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/106387146387495631
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Urban broadband deserts: Digital redlining is a policy, not an accident.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/106387438499361356
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#10yrsago Lobbynomics: Canadian Chamber of Commerce manufactures fake $30 billion counterfeiting loss https://web.archive.org/web/20110611045202/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5841/125/
#5yrsago USA Swimming bans rapist Brock Turner for life https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/usa-swimming-bans-convicted-rapist-brock-turner-for-life-114108/
#5yrsago Reminder: Neal Stephenson predicted Donald Trump in 1994 https://memex.craphound.com/2016/06/10/reminder-neal-stephenson-predicted-donald-trump-in-1994/
#5yrsago UK startup offers landlords continuous, deep surveillance of tenants’ social media https://gawker.com/new-startup-that-sends-dossiers-on-your-private-social-1781576586
#5yrsago Donald Trump, deadbeat https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/06/09/donald-trump-unpaid-bills-republican-president-laswuits/85297274/
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#1yrago MMT in the NYT https://pluralistic.net/2020/06/10/compton-cowboys/#the-deficit-myth
#1yrago Appeals court rejects judge who wanted $65m for lost pants https://pluralistic.net/2020/06/10/compton-cowboys/#a-bit-pants
#1yrago Time to retheme Splash Mountain https://pluralistic.net/2020/06/10/compton-cowboys/#zipadeedoodah
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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."
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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:
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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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My latest Medium column is "The Rent’s Too Damned High," about the long con of convincing Americans that they will grow prosperous through housing wealth, not labor rights
https://doctorow.medium.com/the-rents-too-damned-high-520f958d5ec5
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Today's top sources: Naked Capitalism (https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/).
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