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Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Kickstarting "The Bezzle" audiobook, sequel to Red Team Blues; Hey look at this; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/10/the-bezzle/

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oscarfalcon ,
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Great to have another book coming, can't wait to get mine.

On a side note, hearing the narration by Wil Wheaton I can't help but smile when he describes the "even like chiclets" teeth of a certain character in the book... looks like it's going to be a doozie of a book!

pluralistic OP ,
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@oscarfalcon Thank you! He did SUCH a fantastic job!

oscarfalcon ,
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Keep 'em coming Mr. Doctorow!

graphite ,
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@pluralistic You're constantly pumping out books! I'm sure this one's great!

pluralistic OP ,
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@graphite I wrote nine books during lockdown!

graphite ,
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@pluralistic I read this on pluralistic, yet every time I see this again, it fascinates me.

pluralistic OP ,
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@graphite I've got a call with my editor today about writing another!

graphite ,
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@pluralistic holy shit, fiction or nonfiction?

pluralistic OP ,
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@graphite A nonfiction enshittification book.

pluralistic OP ,
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I'm heading to ! On January 29, I'll be delivering 's Marshall McLuhan Lecture:

https://transmediale.de/en/2024/event/mcluhan-2024

On January 30, I'll be at Otherland Books (tickets are limited! They'll have exclusive early access to the English edition of The Bezzle and the German edition of Red Team Blues!):

https://www.otherland-berlin.de/de/event-details/autor-innenabend-mit-cory-doctorow.html

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18+ pluralistic OP ,
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Kickstarting "The Bezzle" audiobook, sequel to Red Team Blues: Another Wil Wheaton banger, necessitated by Amazon's perfidy.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111731810203477098

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18+ pluralistic OP ,
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Hey look at this

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18+ pluralistic OP ,
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Amazing discussion on Electrolite http://nielsenhayden.com/electrolite/archives/004356.html#004356

Victorian Transport Department calls cops on 16 year old for reporting bug that exposed customers’ personal data https://www.wired.com/2014/01/teen-reported-security-hole/

Shanghai hotel provides smog-masks for guests https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1upxm4/shanghai_hotels_know_how_to_pamper_you/

Minnesota AG’s report reveals big telcos are literally letting their infrastructure rot https://www.vice.com/en/article/wj3v5n/american-phone-companies-are-literally-letting-their-networks-fall-apart

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18+ pluralistic OP ,
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Whistleblower: stores your doorbell and home video feeds unencrypted and grants broad “unfettered” access to them https://theintercept.com/2019/01/10/amazon-ring-security-camera/

celebrate as Trump’s new rules breathes fresh life into parasitic grifter capitalism https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/software-patents-poised-to-make-a-comeback-under-new-patent-office-rules/2/

Why the hell do we continue to believe the carriers’ promises to respect our privacy? https://www.vice.com/en/article/nepx5x/we-could-easily-stop-location-data-scandals-but-we-cower-to-lobbyists-instead

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18+ pluralistic OP ,
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Regardless of political affiliation, over-65s are most likely to share “fake news” (and there’s not much fake news, and it’s largely right-wing) https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/9/18174631/old-people-fake-news-facebook-share-nyu-princeton

went down because his sysadmin sold him out https://gizmodo.com/the-feds-cracked-el-chapos-encrypted-communications-net-1831595734

The learned helplessness of https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/10/the-courage-to-govern/#whos-in-charge

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18+ pluralistic OP ,
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Yesterday's threads: Kelly and Zach Weinersmith's "A City On Mars"; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111727125591711808

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18+ pluralistic OP ,
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My latest novel is "The Lost Cause," a solarpunk novel of radical hope in the climate emergency, from Tor Books (US)/Head of Zeus (UK):

http://lost-cause.org

Signed, personalized copies available from Dark Delicacies:

https://www.darkdel.com/store/p3007/Pre-Order_Signed_Copies%3A_The_Lost_Cause_HB.html#/

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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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18+ pluralistic OP ,
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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."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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18+ pluralistic OP ,
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Upcoming appearances:

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18+ pluralistic OP ,
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Recent appearances:

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18+ lordmortis ,
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@pluralistic it was so great that you did an interview on @becauselangpod ! (I am a regular listener to that podcast)

18+ pluralistic OP ,
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@lordmortis @becauselangpod thanks!

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