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Hey look at this

* Saving the News from #BigTech https://www.eff.org/files/2023/06/14/saving_the_news_from_big_tech_eff.pdf

* Climate-Friendly Cocktail Recipes Go Light on Ice https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-friendly-cocktail-recipes-go-light-on-ice/ (h/t Naked Capitalism)

* Noir thriller #RedTeamBlues captures the anxious tension of our time https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/reviews/article-noir-thriller-red-team-blues-captures-the-anxious-tension-of-our-time/

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Noir thriller Red Team Blues captures the anxious tension of our time

Cory Doctorow’s noir mystery Red Team Blues is outstanding – the pages seem to turn themselves

^{David Moscrop (The Globe and Mail)}

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#15yrsago Swedes take to the street to fight #DomesticSpying https://politics.slashdot.org/story/08/06/17/0126243/wiretapping-law-sparks-rage-in-sweden

#15yrsago How Canada’s DMCA will criminalize everyday Canadians https://web.archive.org/web/20080618192040/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3041/125/

#10yrsago Men in Toronto Mayor #RobFord crack photo arrested in gang sweep https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/06/14/dixon_road_raids_help_complete_infamous_rob_ford_photo.html

#10yrsago #NSA admits it listens in on US phone calls and reads US emails without a warrant https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/nsa-spying-flap-extends-to-contents-of-u-s-phone-calls/

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NSA spying flap extends to contents of U.S. phone calls

National Security Agency discloses in secret Capitol Hill briefing that thousands of analysts can listen to domestic phone calls. That authorization appears to extend to e-mail and text messages too.

^{Declan McCullagh (CNET)}

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#10yrsago Turkish EU minister: protesters will be treated as terrorists https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/police-to-consider-protesters-in-istanbuls-taksim-square-terror-organization-members-minister-48875

#5yrsago Adventure House: the sequel to the #HauntedMansion that never was https://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2018/06/marc-davis-adventure-house.html

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Police to consider protesters in Istanbul’s Taksim Square terror organization members: Minister

Everyone who enters Istanbul's Taksim Square will be considered a terrorist, Turkey's European Union minister has said...

^{hurriyetdailynews.com (Hürriyet Daily News)}

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Yesterday's threads: Google makes millions on paid abortion disinformation; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110549531325152288

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Cory Doctorow

2023-06-15 17:59:39

Today's threads (a thread)

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

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/06/15/paid-medical-disinformation/

#Pluralistic

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My latest book is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold!

Signed copies at Dark Delicacies (US):

https://www.darkdel.com/store/p2873/Wed%2C_Apr_26th_6pm%3A_Red_Team_Blues%3A_A_Martin_Hench_Novel_HB.html#/

and Forbidden Planet (UK):

https://forbiddenplanet.com/385004-red-team-blues-signed-edition-hardcover/

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My latest nonfiction book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

https://chokepointcapitalism.com

Signed copies available from Book Soup:

https://www.booksoup.com/book/9780807007068

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Wed, Apr 26th 6pm: Red Team Blues: A Martin Hench Novel HB

Signing with Cory Doctorow

^{Dark Delicacies}

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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon 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:

* Red Team Blues: in Conversation with Sean Cranbury (Massy Arts/Vancouver)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXp3hSe5J7o

* How To Save News Media From Our Tech Overlords (Canadaland)
https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/888-how-to-save-news-media-from-our-tech-overlords/

* Most AI is not artificial or intelligent (with @jamesbridle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPvHjvZz7l0

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Red Team Blues: Cory Doctorow in Conversation with Sean Cranbury

On Wednesday, May 10th at 6pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books, and Tor Publishing Group at Heritage Hall for the launch of Red Team Blues, a gripping n...

^YouTube

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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/2023/06/16/that-boy-aint-right/

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

My latest Medium column is "The Shitty Tech Adoption Curve Has a Business Model"

https://doctorow.medium.com/the-shitty-tech-adoption-curve-has-a-business-model-ee025ad60951

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The Shitty Tech Adoption Curve Has a Business Model

The Shitty Tech Adoption Curve Has a Business Model. It is difficult to get a public procurement officer to understand something, when a vendor’s salary depends on his not understanding it..

^{Cory Doctorow (Medium)}

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Today's top sources: Brad DeLong (https://braddelong.substack.com/), Bill McKibben).

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Economic history, economics, political economy, finance, & forecasting. Here to try to make you (and me) smarter in a world with many increasingly deep & complicated troubles...

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