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Today's threads (a thread)
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Inside: American education has all the downsides of standardization, none of the upsides; Hey look at this; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/16/flexibility-in-the-margins/
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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):
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:
Signed copies available from Book Soup:
Both are national bestsellers!
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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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Upcoming appearances:
Enshittification: The Rise and Fall of Big Tech (#CrashCourseEconomics)
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YsKONp5zRgeF6SVuIOb6hQ#/registration
Books & Books (#CoralGables, #Florida), Jan 22
Marshall McLuhan Lecture 2024 (#Berlin), Jan 29
The Lost Cause at Otherland (#Berlin), Jan 30
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Recent appearances:
The Lost Cause (The Writer's Voice)
What the Future will Bring (#HomelessRomantic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_Vq8qW2A8I
Talking "The Lost Cause" with Warren Mosler (#MMTPodcast)
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I'm Kickstarting the audiobook for The Bezzle, sequel to Red Team Blues, narrated by #WilWheaton! Pre-order the audiobook and ebook, DRM free, as well as the hardcover. There's also bundles with Red Team Blues in ebook, audio or paperback:
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