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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/20/the…
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Inside: Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/20/the…
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Today I'm at @GburgBookFest with *Red Team Blues* (3:15PM):
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…
(5/22), I'm at @publicknowledge's Emerging Tech in #DC:
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tec…
On 5/23, it's #Toronto for #WEPFest, w/@hockeyesque @RonDeibert & @DrNancyOlivieri:
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-s…
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gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…
(5/22), I'm at @publicknowledge's Emerging Tech in #DC:
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tec…
On 5/23, it's #Toronto for #WEPFest, w/@hockeyesque @RonDeibert & @DrNancyOlivieri:
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-s…
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Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange: Creatively destroying your weekend like Joseph Dumpeter.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Venture predation; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/19/fak…
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Inside: Venture predation; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/19/fak…
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Tomorrow I'm at @GburgBookFest with *Red Team Blues*:
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…
Mon (5/22), I'm at @publicknowledge's Emerging Tech in #DC:
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tec…
On 5/23, it's #Toronto for #WEPFest, w/@hockeyesque @RonDeibert & @DrNancyOlivieri:
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-s…
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gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…
Mon (5/22), I'm at @publicknowledge's Emerging Tech in #DC:
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tec…
On 5/23, it's #Toronto for #WEPFest, w/@hockeyesque @RonDeibert & @DrNancyOlivieri:
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-s…
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Venture predation: A pile of shit this big MUST have a pony underneath it!
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: How to save the new from Big Tech; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/18/ste…
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Inside: How to save the new from Big Tech; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/18/ste…
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Saturday (5/20), I'm at @GburgBookFest with *Red Team Blues*:
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…
5/22, I'm at @publicknowledge's Emerging Tech in #DC:
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tec…
5/23, it's #Toronto for #WEPFest, w/@hockeyesque @RonDeibert & @DrNancyOlivieri:
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-s…
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gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…
5/22, I'm at @publicknowledge's Emerging Tech in #DC:
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tec…
5/23, it's #Toronto for #WEPFest, w/@hockeyesque @RonDeibert & @DrNancyOlivieri:
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-s…
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How to save the new from Big Tech: Four prescriptions from EFF.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: The IRS will do your taxes for you (if that's what you prefer); and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/17/fre…
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Inside: The IRS will do your taxes for you (if that's what you prefer); and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/17/fre…
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Saturday (5/20), I'm at @GburgBookFest with *Red Team Blues*:
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…
5/22, I'm at @publicknowledge's Emerging Tech in #DC:
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tec…
5/23, it's #Toronto for #WEPFest, w/@hockeyesque @RonDeibert & @DrNancyOlivieri:
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-s…
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gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…
5/22, I'm at @publicknowledge's Emerging Tech in #DC:
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tec…
5/23, it's #Toronto for #WEPFest, w/@hockeyesque @RonDeibert & @DrNancyOlivieri:
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-s…
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The IRS will do your taxes for you (if that's what you prefer): After years of expensively purchased delay, Turbotax and its fellow tax-profiteers are losing the fight to make you pay them to tell the government what it already knows.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Ireland's privacy regulator is a gamekeeper-turned-poacher; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/15/fin…
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Inside: Ireland's privacy regulator is a gamekeeper-turned-poacher; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/15/fin…
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Saturday (5/20), I'm at @GburgBookFest with *Red Team Blues*:
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…
5/22, I'm at @publicknowledge's Emerging Tech in #DC:
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tec…
5/23, it's #Toronto for #WEPFest, w/@hockeyesque @RonDeibert & @DrNancyOlivieri:
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-s…
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gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…
5/22, I'm at @publicknowledge's Emerging Tech in #DC:
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tec…
5/23, it's #Toronto for #WEPFest, w/@hockeyesque @RonDeibert & @DrNancyOlivieri:
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-s…
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Ireland's privacy regulator is a gamekeeper-turned-poacher: Dublin is a made town.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Revenge of the Linkdumps; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/13/fou…
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Inside: Revenge of the Linkdumps; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/13/fou…
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Saturday (5/20), I'm at @GburgBookFest with *Red Team Blues*:
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…
5/22, I'm at @publicknowledge's Emerging Tech in #DC:
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tec…
5/23, it's #Toronto for #WEPFest, w/@hockeyesque @RonDeibert & @DrNancyOlivieri:
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-s…
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gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_autho…
5/22, I'm at @publicknowledge's Emerging Tech in #DC:
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tec…
5/23, it's #Toronto for #WEPFest, w/@hockeyesque @RonDeibert & @DrNancyOlivieri:
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-s…
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Revenge of the Linkdumps: Something for the weekend, sir?
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If you've followed me a long time, you've seen my transition from a "#linkblogger" (5-15 short hits/day) to an "essay-#blogger" (5-7 articles/week). I'm loving the new mode but returning to linkblogging is also intensely, unexpectedly gratifying:
pluralistic.net/2023/05/02/wun…
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
pluralistic.net/2023/05/13/fou…
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My last #linkblogging foray was so great - and my link-backlog is so large - that I'm doing another one.
Link the first: "Siphon," @xkcd's delightful, whimsical "#physics-how-the-fuck-does-it-work" one-shot (visit the link, the tooltip is great):
xkcd.com/2775/
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Link the first: "Siphon," @xkcd's delightful, whimsical "#physics-how-the-fuck-does-it-work" one-shot (visit the link, the tooltip is great):
xkcd.com/2775/
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🚨#BREAKING: A group called the Patriot Front are currently marching towards U.S. Capitol
📌#Washington l #DC
Currently approximately 150-200 individuals, identified as the "Patriot Front" and recognized as a right-wing organization, is advancing towards the United States… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
📌#Washington l #DC
Currently approximately 150-200 individuals, identified as the "Patriot Front" and recognized as a right-wing organization, is advancing towards the United States… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
🚨#UPDATE: The patriot front group is continuing to march as numerous metro DC police escorts them while some of the counter protesters a yell and say get at the job
🚨#UPDATE: Around 150-200 individuals affiliated with the Patriot Front group are now putting their shields and flags into white U-Haul vans after they Marched around Washington DC for about an hour. they are now making their way back into the metro
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: 'We buy ugly houses' is code for 'we steal vulnerable peoples' homes'; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/11/ugl…
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Inside: 'We buy ugly houses' is code for 'we steal vulnerable peoples' homes'; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/11/ugl…
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Tonight (May 11) at 7PM, I'm in #CALGARY for @WordfestTweets with my novel *Red Team Blues*; I'll be hosted by Peter Hemminger at the Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor.
wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…
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wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…
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'We buy ugly houses' is code for 'we steal vulnerable peoples' homes': The pervasive, predatory sleaze of Homevestor, "the #1 homebuyer in the USA."
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Two principles to protect internet users from decaying platforms; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/10/sof…
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Inside: Two principles to protect internet users from decaying platforms; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/10/sof…
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Today (May 10), I'm in #VANCOUVER for a keynote at the #OSSummit:
events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…
And a book event tonight at #HeritageHall:
eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…
Tomorrow (May 11), I'm in #CALGARY for @WordfestTweets:
wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…
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events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…
And a book event tonight at #HeritageHall:
eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…
Tomorrow (May 11), I'm in #CALGARY for @WordfestTweets:
wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…
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Two principles to protect internet users from decaying platforms: Don't just try to make platforms better - make them less important.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: KPMG audits the nursing homes it advises on how to beat audits; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/09/din…
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Inside: KPMG audits the nursing homes it advises on how to beat audits; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/09/din…
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Tomorrow (May 10), I'm in #Vancouver for a keynote at the #OSSummit:
events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…
And a book event at #HeritageHall:
eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…
On Thu (May 11), I'm in #Calgary for @WordfestTweets:
wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…
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events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…
And a book event at #HeritageHall:
eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…
On Thu (May 11), I'm in #Calgary for @WordfestTweets:
wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…
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KPMG audits the nursing homes it advises on how to beat audits: Too big to fail, too big to jail, and an existential risk to civilization.
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@LoganMohtashami has often talked about the structural decline in housing inventory that has been going on for quite some time. There are many arguments for why - too many landlords, STRs, population⬆️, etc.
🧵analyzing the DC Metro Real Estate using @AltosResearch Data.
🧵analyzing the DC Metro Real Estate using @AltosResearch Data.
The charts I will use mirror how @mikesimonsen shows national data. I call my report the "#Realtor and #LoanOfficer Misery Index" as I show new pending contracts compared to active inventory.
It is truly shocking the decrease in transactions on a weekly basis!
It is truly shocking the decrease in transactions on a weekly basis!
#MontgomeryCounty is a Maryland suburb just N of DC. I outline Active Inventory and New Pending Contracts using the same week in each measured year:
2023: 331/92
2021: 394/137
2020: 835/147
2019: 1,279/197
2018: 1,555/224
Inventory down 80%.
Contracts down 60%
2023: 331/92
2021: 394/137
2020: 835/147
2019: 1,279/197
2018: 1,555/224
Inventory down 80%.
Contracts down 60%
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: California to smash prison e-profiteers; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/08/cap…
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Inside: California to smash prison e-profiteers; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/08/cap…
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This Weds (May 10), I'm in #Vancouver for a keynote at the #OSSummit:
events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…
And a book event at #HeritageHall:
eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…
On Thu (May 11), I'm in #Calgary for @WordfestTweets:
wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…
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events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…
And a book event at #HeritageHall:
eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…
On Thu (May 11), I'm in #Calgary for @WordfestTweets:
wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…
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California to smash prison e-profiteers: The Public Utility Commission to the rescue!
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America; On the Media on the enshittification (pt 1); and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/06/peo…
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Inside: Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America; On the Media on the enshittification (pt 1); and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/06/peo…
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Today (5/6), I'll be in #Berkeley with my book *Red Team Blues* at the #BABF2023 for a 3:30PM event with @glynnwashington:
baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…
Tomorrow (5/7), it's an 11AM event with @dellsystem for my book *Chokepoint Capitalism*:
baybookfest.org/session/chokep…
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baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…
Tomorrow (5/7), it's an 11AM event with @dellsystem for my book *Chokepoint Capitalism*:
baybookfest.org/session/chokep…
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Weds (May 10), I'm in #Vancouver for a keynote at the #OSSummit:
events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…
And a book event at #HeritageHall:
eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…
On Thu (May 11), I'm in #Calgary for @WordfestTweets:
wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…
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events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-su…
And a book event at #HeritageHall:
eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blu…
On Thu (May 11), I'm in #Calgary for @WordfestTweets:
wordfest.com/2023/event/wor…
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Look at all the great stuff we lost because of inflation scare-talk; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/05/wmd…
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Inside: Look at all the great stuff we lost because of inflation scare-talk; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/05/wmd…
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Tonight (5/5), I'm at @BooksIncStores #MountainView with @mkapor for *Red Team Blues*:
booksinc.net/event/cory-doc…
Sat, I'm in #Berkeley for #BABF2023 at 1530h with @glynnwashington:
baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…
Sun, it's an 11h event with @dellsystem:
baybookfest.org/session/chokep…
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booksinc.net/event/cory-doc…
Sat, I'm in #Berkeley for #BABF2023 at 1530h with @glynnwashington:
baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…
Sun, it's an 11h event with @dellsystem:
baybookfest.org/session/chokep…
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Look at all the great stuff we lost because of inflation scare-talk: We swapped pandemic aid, new spending and minimum wage hikes for wage suppression and mass layoffs.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Ostromizing democracy; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/04/ana…
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Inside: Ostromizing democracy; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/04/ana…
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Tomorrow (May 5), I'll be at @BooksIncStores in #MountainView at 7PM with @mkapor for my new novel, *Red Team Blues*:
booksinc.net/event/cory-doc…
This weekend (May 6/7), I'll be in #Berkeley at the #BABF2023:
baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…
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booksinc.net/event/cory-doc…
This weekend (May 6/7), I'll be in #Berkeley at the #BABF2023:
baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…
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Ostromizing democracy: To counter antidemocratic libertarians, we need an analytical assessment of group problem-solving.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: The Swivel-Eyed Loons Have A Point; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/03/par…
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Inside: The Swivel-Eyed Loons Have A Point; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/03/par…
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This Friday (May 5), I'll be at @BooksIncStores in #MountainView with @mkapor for my new novel, *Red Team Blues*:
booksinc.net/event/cory-doc…
And on May 6/7, I'll be in #Berkeley at the #BABF2023:
baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…
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booksinc.net/event/cory-doc…
And on May 6/7, I'll be in #Berkeley at the #BABF2023:
baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…
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The Swivel-Eyed Loons Have A Point: My *Locus* column about the justifiable suspicions of the medical industry, lockdowns, license-plate cameras, and beyond.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1…
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mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1…
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: When you hear "fintech," think "unlicensed bank"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/01/usu…
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Inside: When you hear "fintech," think "unlicensed bank"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/01/usu…
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Tomorrow (May 2) at 7PM, I'll be at the Cedar Hills Crossing (#PDX) @Powells with @waxy:
powells.com/book/red-team-…
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powells.com/book/red-team-…
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When you hear "fintech," think "unlicensed bank": "...with a computer."
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: The seductive, science fictional power of spreadsheets; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/29/ged…
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Inside: The seductive, science fictional power of spreadsheets; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/29/ged…
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Tomorrow (Apr 30) at 2PM, I'll be at the #SanFrancisco Public Library with my new book, *Red Team Blues*, hosted by @annaleen@wandering.shop:
sfpl.org/events/2023/04…
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The seductive, science fictional power of spreadsheets: Maybe the map IS the territory?
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This week, @scalzi let me write a guest-editorial for his blog about the themes in my new crime thriller, *Red Team Blues*; specifically, about the ways that spreadsheets embody the power and the pitfalls of #ScienceFiction at its best *and* worst:
whatever.scalzi.com/2023/04/26/the…
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whatever.scalzi.com/2023/04/26/the…
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
pluralistic.net/2023/04/29/ged…
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Yes, *spreadsheets*. Marty Hench (the protagonist of *Red Team Blues*) is a 67-year-old forensic accountant who specializes in unwinding Silicon Valley financial frauds.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Private equity finally delivered Sarah Palin's death panels; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/26/dea…
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Inside: Private equity finally delivered Sarah Palin's death panels; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/26/dea…
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Tonight (Apr 26), I'll be in #Burbank at @DarkDel at 6PM with my new book, *Red Team Blues*:
darkdel.com/store/p2873/We…
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darkdel.com/store/p2873/We…
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From Apr 26-28, @BNBuzz is offering a 25% discount on preorders for my upcoming novels (use discount code PREORDER25):
The Lost Cause (Nov 2023)
barnesandnoble.com/w/the-lost-cau…
The Bezzle (Red Team Blues #2) (Feb 2024)
barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bezzle-c…
#BNPreorder25
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The Lost Cause (Nov 2023)
barnesandnoble.com/w/the-lost-cau…
The Bezzle (Red Team Blues #2) (Feb 2024)
barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bezzle-c…
#BNPreorder25
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: How Amazon makes everything you buy more expensive, no matter where you buy it; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/26/gre…
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Inside: How Amazon makes everything you buy more expensive, no matter where you buy it; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/26/gre…
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Tonight (Apr 25) I'll be in #SanDiego for the launch of my new novel, *Red Team Blues*, at @MystGalaxyBooks, hosted by @_SarahGailey. Please come and say hi!
mystgalaxy.com/event/42523Doc…
Tomorrow (Apr 26), you can catch me in #Burbank at @DarkDel at 6PM:
darkdel.com/store/p2873/We…
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mystgalaxy.com/event/42523Doc…
Tomorrow (Apr 26), you can catch me in #Burbank at @DarkDel at 6PM:
darkdel.com/store/p2873/We…
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How Amazon makes everything you buy more expensive, no matter where you buy it: Most Favored Nation is my least favorite scam.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: How Goldman Sachs's "tax-loss harvesting" lets the ultra-rich rake in billions tax-free; Happy Independent Bookstore Day; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/24/tax…
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Inside: How Goldman Sachs's "tax-loss harvesting" lets the ultra-rich rake in billions tax-free; Happy Independent Bookstore Day; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/04/24/tax…
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Tomorrow (Apr 25) I'll be in #SanDiego for the launch of my new novel, *Red Team Blues*, at 7PM at @MystGalaxyBooks, hosted by @_SarahGailey. Please come and say hi!
mystgalaxy.com/event/42523Doc…
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How Goldman Sachs's "tax-loss harvesting" lets the ultra-rich rake in billions tax-free: "Generating a tax loss without a substantial change in the investment."
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It's #IndependentBookstoreDay! I *love* bookstores, especially indies. I'm a recovering bookseller (love you, @BakkaPhoenix!) and an inveterate, absurdly optimistic book buyer - this weekend, I bought 3 books at the @latimes #BookFest, from @PagesMB and Octavia's Bookshelf!
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
pluralistic.net/2023/04/24/tax…
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Supporting indie bookstores doesn't mean foregoing the convenience of buying online. @librofm pioneered a model where you nominate your favorite local bookstore, which receives part of the proceeds from every audiobook you buy at Libro (where all the audiobooks are DRM-free).
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