Today's links

Announcing the Attack Surface tour: Eight nights, 16 guests, and me, signing and mailing hundreds of books.
WV's deabeat governor now owes $140m: Billionaire Jim Justice made his money the old fashioned way: fraud.
Faulty TV behind daily, town-wide internet outages: The real story here is that Openreach actually fixed something.
Blogcritics on Attack Surface: "Doctorow has recreated our world in all its scary detail."
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Today's links

Youtube is automatically blocking criticism of the Chinese Communist Party: Filternet error, working as intended.
Facebook shelved research that showed they were sowing division: Sort by controversial.
Hertz's bankruptcy was caused by private equity looting: It was debt, not pandemic.
West Virginia's governor Jim Justice: billionaire, deadbeat: It's only theft if you're poor.
Twitter's porn filters are dampening discussions of "cumgate": Dominic Cummings, unofficial mayor of Scunthorpe.
Understanding Bayesian reasoning: Stats for self-defense.
Ammosexuals point their guns at their crotches: Musketfuckers gonna musketfuck.
How to pay artists while fighting censorship and Big Tech: The internet needs blanket licenses.
The Toronto Star's new owners donated to far-right Tories: Canada's largest newspaper is now in the tank for plutes and white nationalists.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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