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Today's threads (a thread).

Inside: We promised this vaccine waiver 20 years ago; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2021/05/25/the-other-shoe-drops/

#Pluralistic

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We promised this vaccine waiver 20 years ago: The WTO was always a scam.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/106296827736139497

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Yesterday's threads: Podcasting "The Memex Method"; Watomatic, for lower Whatsapp switching costs; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/106291135717564717

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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:

* In conversation with David Dayen (Second Life Book Club), Jun 4, http://www.draxtor.com/sl-book-club-coming-up/corydavid

* Book launch for Terry Miles's Rabbits (Book Soup), Jun 7, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/terry-miles-in-conversation-with-cory-doctorow-discusses-rabbits-tickets-154613644573

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Recent appearances:

* How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism: Seize the Means of Computation
https://cfe.ryerson.ca/key-resources/podcasts/how-destroy-surveillance-capitalism-seize-means-computation

* Interoperability and Alternative Social Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlKDlBagkj

* Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans
https://open.spotify.com/episode/01dGJO8sqjQ9IoLy58f1rR

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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: Naked Capitalism (https://nakedcapitalism.com/).

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@Cory Doctorow's linkblog Could you please find a way to fight surveillance capitalism without the need redirect people where surveillance capitalism does their best businesses with people private data? The medium.com is canonical example how it works: uBlock plugin counted 73 (!) 3rd party tracking scripts on page with you text: