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Inside: CDA 230 bans Facebook from blocking interoperable tools; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/02/kaiju-v-kaiju/

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@pluralistic It's not a joke if you have to explain it. I stared at this for a solid minute before utilizing the alt-text explanation.

pluralistic,
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@inkican No sweat.

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@inkican Lucky for you, it's licensed CC BY so you're free to choose an alternative illustration and republish the article with it, provided you maintain attribution and a link to the license.

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I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me TONIGHT (May 2) in WINNIPEG then TOMORROW (May 3) in CALGARY and SATURDAY (May 4) in VANCOUVER. Next is Tartu, Estonia, and beyond!

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

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I'm coming to Tartu, Estonia!

May 8, 6PM: Prima Vista Literary Festival keynote, "Overcoming the Enshittocene,"
University of Tartu Library (Struwe 1)

May 10, 8AM: Science Fiction Research Association talk, "AI, copyright and creative workers’ labor rights"
Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures building (Lossi 3, lobby)

May 10, 3PM: A talk for hackers on seizing the means of computation
(University of Tartu Delta Centre, Narva 18, room 1037)

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CDA 230 bans Facebook from blocking interoperable tools: Unfollow Everything rises from the grave.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112371940537425839

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18+ pluralistic,
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Hey look at this

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18+ pluralistic,
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Merck and Elsevier publish fake peer-reviewed journal https://web.archive.org/web/20090504075453/http://blog.bioethics.net/2009/05/merck-makes-phony-peerreview-journal/

Apple’s censors remove NiN app and Anda’s Game from iPhone store, citing “objectionable content” https://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/05/03/029249/apple-rejects-nine-inch-nails-iphone-app

Political TV advertising in the USA: scofflaw broadcasters hide the dark money of political influence https://sunlightfoundation.com/2014/05/01/how-tv-stations-are-letting-advertisers-play-hide-and-seek/

Telcos gave spies unfettered, deep, warrantless access to Canadians’ digital lives https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2014/05/canadian-mirror-network-data/

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18+ pluralistic,
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Tumblr is for sale…again https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/2/18527177/verizon-seeking-tumblr-sale-rumor-blogging

Elizabeth Warren proposes debt relief for Puerto Rico https://medium.com/@teamwarren/my-plan-to-provide-comprehensive-debt-relief-to-puerto-rico-f8b575a81b06

Trump’s former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has joined Boeing’s Board of Directors https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/aviation/441705-nikki-haley-joins-boeing-board/

Oops! All linkdump! https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/02/wunderkammer/#jubillee

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18+ pluralistic,
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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):

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,
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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,
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Upcoming appearances:

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18+ pluralistic,
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

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18+ pluralistic,
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Recent appearances:

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I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me TONIGHT (May 2) in WINNIPEG then TOMORROW (May 3) in CALGARY and SATURDAY (May 4) in VANCOUVER. Next is Tartu, Estonia, and beyond!

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

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