Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Matt Bors's "Justice Warriors: Vote Harder"; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/11/uninhabited-zone/
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On September 24th, I'll be speaking in person at the Boston Public Library!
https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events?startDate=2024-09-24&endDate=2024-09-24
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The paperback edition of The Lost Cause, my nationally bestselling, hopeful solarpunk novel is out this month!
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865946/thelostcause
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Matt Bors's "Justice Warriors: Vote Harder": Mr Gotcha For President!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113119020408776585
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Hey look at this
* ‘Right to Repair for Your Body’: The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine https://www.404media.co/right-to-repair-for-your-body-the-rise-of-diy-pirated-medicine/
* Share buybacks are giving billions of dollars to bosses under the guise of returning cash to shareholders https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-how-share-buybacks-get-used-to-transfer-billions-of-dollars-to-senior-management-under-the-guise-of-returning-cash-to-shareholders-2019-10-30 (h/t Kim Scheinberg)
* Google and Apple Face Billions in Penalties After Losing E.U. Appeals https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/technology/european-union-apple-google-antitrust.html
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#10yrsago Why the disgusting Red Delicious apple rules American grocery stores https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/the-evil-reign-of-the-red-delicious/379892/
#10yrsago Elizabeth Warren speaks for allowing states to limit campaign finance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBbZAMsZ-Rg
#10yrsago Meet the anti-Net Neutrality arms dealers who love network discrimination https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/09/companies-that-sell-network-equipment-to-isps-dont-want-net-neutrality/
#10yrsago Seconds, by Bryan Lee “Scott Pilgrim” O’Malley https://memex.craphound.com/2014/09/11/seconds-by-bryan-lee-scott-pilgrim-omalley/
#10yrsago John Scalzi’s Lock-In https://memex.craphound.com/2014/09/11/john-scalzis-lock-in/
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#5yrsago The EU’s top trustbuster gets a surprise re-appointment https://venturebeat.com/business/eu-reappoints-top-antitrust-cop-who-led-crackdown-on-tech-giants/
#5yrsago Majority of period-tracking app share incredibly sensitive data with Facebook and bottom-feeding analytics companies https://web.archive.org/web/20190911004056/https://www.privacyinternational.org/long-read/3196/no-bodys-business-mine-how-menstruation-apps-are-sharing-your-data
#1yrago The Tamakis' "Roaming" https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/11/as-canadian-as/#possible-under-the-circumstances
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Monday's threads: America's best-paid CEOs have the worst-paid employees; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113107688740822112
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My latest nationally bestselling novel is "The Bezzle," an ice-cold revenge story of high-tech finance crime starring the forensic accountant Martin Hench:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865878/thebezzle
Signed copies from Chevalier's Books:
https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/product-page/the-bezzle
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My latest nonfiction book is "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" from Verso Books:
http://seizethemeansofcomputation.org
Signed copies available from Book Soup:
https://www.booksoup.com/book/9781804291245
Both are national bestsellers!
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso 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."
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Upcoming appearances:
* Albacon (Albany/remote), Sep 13-15
https://albacon.org/2024/
* The Right to Read, Boston Public Library, Sep 24
https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/66cf2d8bf520192f005fcc50
* TusCon (Tucson), Nov 8-10
https://tusconscificon.com/
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Recent appearances:
* The Van Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDa_a-NlILs
* Tech Rights & The Future of Privacy (Synthetic Minds)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD5iAV1YmO4
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On September 24th, I'll be speaking in person at the Boston Public Library!
https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/66cf2d8bf520192f005fcc50
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The paperback edition of The Lost Cause, my nationally bestselling, hopeful solarpunk novel is out this month!
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865946/thelostcause
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