#15yrsago Swedes take to the street to fight #DomesticSpying https://politics.slashdot.org/story/08/06/17/0126243/wiretapping-law-sparks-rage-in-sweden

#15yrsago How Canada’s DMCA will criminalize everyday Canadians https://web.archive.org/web/20080618192040/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3041/125/

#10yrsago Men in Toronto Mayor #RobFord crack photo arrested in gang sweep https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/06/14/dixon_road_raids_help_complete_infamous_rob_ford_photo.html

#10yrsago #NSA admits it listens in on US phone calls and reads US emails without a warrant https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/nsa-spying-flap-extends-to-contents-of-u-s-phone-calls/

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#10yrsago Turkish EU minister: protesters will be treated as terrorists https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/police-to-consider-protesters-in-istanbuls-taksim-square-terror-organization-members-minister-48875

#5yrsago Adventure House: the sequel to the #HauntedMansion that never was https://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2018/06/marc-davis-adventure-house.html

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Yesterday's threads: Google makes millions on paid abortion disinformation; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110549531325152288

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My latest book is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold!

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My latest nonfiction book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

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https://www.booksoup.com/book/9780807007068

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My latest Medium column is "The Shitty Tech Adoption Curve Has a Business Model"

https://doctorow.medium.com/the-shitty-tech-adoption-curve-has-a-business-model-ee025ad60951

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