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Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Pluralistic is four; The Bezzle excerpt (Part III); and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/20/fore/

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nigini ,
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@pluralistic 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Happy B(log)irthday! Safe travels and see ya in Seattle!

pluralistic OP ,
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@nigini Thank you!

garrett ,
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@pluralistic Excited for Portland! Thanks!

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@garrett see you there!

pluralistic OP ,
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I'm on tour with my new novel The Bezzle! Catch me TOMORROW in SALT LAKE CITY (Feb 21, Weller Book Works) and then SAN DIEGO (Feb 22, Mysterious Galaxy). After that, it's LA, Seattle, Portland, Phoenix and more!

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/16/narrative-capitalism/#bezzle-tour

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Pluralistic is four: Reflections on four years of Memex Method, Phase II.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111963959384534533

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Christian Speyer's 1914 painting 'Die Apokalyptischen Reiter,' picturing the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse riding out, trampling people beneath their hooves as a doomed soul runs from them, looking over his shoulder with an expression of terror. In the distance, we see his horse, riding away.
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    • 18+ pluralistic OP ,
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    The Bezzle excerpt (Part III): In which Steve Soul lawyers up.

    https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111964032324678693

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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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    GreyTuesday: mass mirroring of the Grey Album https://web.archive.org/web/20040220061627/http://www.greytuesday.org/

    Terry Pratchett gets a knighthood https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7896865.stm

    Irish cops finally “catch” Prawo Jazdy https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7899171.stm?lss

    Ukraine security forces torch ’s IT tent, kill journalist, beat tech protester to near-death https://web.archive.org/web/20140302031342/http://it-namet.com.ua/news/zayava-it-spilnoti-shodo-podij-19-lyutogo

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    18+ pluralistic OP ,
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    Survivors of the Florida School for Boys return to the site of legal kidnapping, torture and murder of children https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/02/returning-to-dozier-florida-school-for-boys/

    XKCD’s brilliant explanation of Fermi Estimation https://what-if.xkcd.com/84/

    NH legislator introduces bill to stop small-town cops from buying tanks https://www.techdirt.com/2014/02/18/new-hampshire-state-legislator-hopes-to-push-back-against-police-militarization-with-new-bill/

    Detailed analysis of Syria’s network censorship with logs from Blue Coat’s surveillance boxes https://arxiv.org/pdf/1402.3401.pdf

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    18+ pluralistic OP ,
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    Scientists finally explain why microwaved grapes emit glorious bursts of plasma https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1818350116

    “We take your privacy and security seriously” is the “thoughts and prayers” of data-breaches https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/17/we-take-your-privacy-and-security-seriously/

    Study suggests that Flat Eartherism spread via Youtube https://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2018/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/21432

    Publisher of Alabama newspaper calls for the Klan to ride on DC with “hemp ropes” https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2019/02/18/alabama-newspaper-ku-klux-klan-to-night-ride-again-linden-democrat-reporter-goodloe-sutton/2910436002/

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    18+ pluralistic OP ,
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    Ontario parliamentarian calls for Right to Repair legislation https://mobilesyrup.com/2019/02/18/ontario-mpp-right-repair/

    EU Commission calls opponents of Copyright Directive a “mob,” as thousands take to the streets for the https://torrentfreak.com/eu-commission-deletes-article-13-post-because-mob-understood-it-incorrectly-190218/N

    Twiddler https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/twiddler/

    Pluralistic is three https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/drei-drei-drei/#now-we-are-three

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    18+ pluralistic OP ,
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    Yesterday's threads: Middlemen without enshittification; The Bezzle excerpt (Part II); and more!

    https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111958529623547470

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

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    Signed, personalized copies available from Dark Delicacies:

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    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."

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    18+ pluralistic OP ,
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    Upcoming appearances:

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    18+ pluralistic OP ,
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    I'm on tour with my new novel The Bezzle! Catch me TOMORROW in SALT LAKE CITY (Feb 21, Weller Book Works) and then SAN DIEGO (Feb 22, Mysterious Galaxy). After that, it's LA, Seattle, Portland, Phoenix and more!

    https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/16/narrative-capitalism/#bezzle-tour

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    rndeon ,
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    @pluralistic
    I bet this is just what Vass Bednar was hoping readers would get out of the article: whether to invest!

    locksmithprime ,
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    @pluralistic I'm at the middle of "Red Team Blues." I look forward to a new novel in this series.

    pluralistic OP ,
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    @locksmithprime Thank you! It's out TODAY!

    technoid_ ,
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    @locksmithprime @pluralistic Was a great novel. Looking forward to the next Martin Hench story.

    Are you considering becoming a nomad now?

    pluralistic OP ,
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    @technoid_ @locksmithprime Nope, I hate moving (though I've done a LOT of it!).

    paulroub ,
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    @locksmithprime @pluralistic I finished RTB last night at 1am, went to sleep, woke up and purchased The Bezzle first thing.

    pluralistic OP ,
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    @paulroub @locksmithprime SUPERB!

    Alexbbrown ,
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    @pluralistic can i buy the audiobook now?

    pluralistic OP ,
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    @Alexbbrown yup

    Alexbbrown ,
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    @pluralistic OK I'm feeling real dumb now, no matter how many times I press the above buttons or go to pluralistic.net to read your most recent blog test I can't find the button that says buy audiobook

    pluralistic OP ,
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    @Alexbbrown craphound.com/shop

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