2003, 2013, 2018, 2021. — #20yrsago etoy vs. eToys: anarcho-Dadaist clash of the titans https://www.liketv.com/leaving/ #10yrsago PACER capers: the sordid story of America’s for-pay lawbooks https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/02/the-inside-story-of-aaron-swartzs-campaign-to-liberate-court-filings/ #10yrsago Beige politics: unbeatable bland politicos advocating “beige policies that nobody wants” https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/02/political-failure-modes-and-th.html

Asking more than ‘what technology does’ and demanding to know who it does it FOR and who it does it TO. — This week (Feb 8–17), I’ll be in Australia, touring my book Chokepoint Capitalism with my co-author, Rebecca Giblin. We’ll be in Brisbane tomorrow (Feb 8), and then we’re doing a remote event for NZ on Feb 9. Next are Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. I hope to see you! History is…

2003, 2018. — #20yrsago Rucker reviews Gibson https://www.wired.com/2003/02/logomancer/ #5yrsago Elite Baltimore police unit robbed with impunity, sold guns and drugs, loaned guns and armor to civilians sent to commit robberies https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/us/baltimore-police-corruption.html #5yrsago Trump wants to cap lifetime Medicaid benefits, even for disabled people, the chronically ill, and people with Alzheimer’s https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article198549039.html

2003, 2013, 2018, 2022. — #20yrsago Macromedia CTO resigns by blog https://web.archive.org/web/20030202031646/http://radio.weblogs.com/0113297/ #10yrsago Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan invests in Internet surveillance company that backstops notorious dictatorships https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/2013/02/06/teachers_pension_plan_invests_in_internet_surveillance_firm.html #10yrsago Website copies articles documenting scandal of disgraced cancer researcher, then uses DMCA to get the originals censored https://arstechnica.com/science/2013/02/site-plagiarizes-blog-posts-then-files-dmca-takedown-on-originals/…

Thinking about tactics AND power. — Next week (Feb 8–17), I’ll be in Australia, touring my book Chokepoint Capitalism with my co-author, Rebecca Giblin. We’ll be in Brisbane on Feb 8, and then we’re doing a remote event for NZ on Feb 9. Next are Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. I hope to see you! A Hacker’s…

A tale of whistleblowers, security through obscurity, and binding arbitration. — Next week (Feb 8–17), I’ll be in Australia, touring my book Chokepoint Capitalism with my co-author, Rebecca Giblin. We’ll be in Brisbane on Feb 8, and then we’re doing a remote event for NZ on Feb 9. Next is Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. I hope to see you! When George…

The ref has to be more powerful than the players. Next week (Feb 8–17), I’ll be in Australia, touring my book Chokepoint Capitalism with my co-author, Rebecca Giblin. We’ll be in Brisbane on Feb 8, and then we’re doing a remote event for NZ on Feb 9. Next are Melbourne…

2003, 2013, 2018, 2022. — #20yrsago PacBell and Scientology knock Kevin Burton offline https://web.archive.org/web/20030219085335/http://www.peerfear.org/rss/permalink/2003/02/04/1044497702-DMCA_Takedown_Notice_Scientology_and_PacBell.shtml #20yrsago Brewster Kahle’s librarian rant https://web.archive.org/web/20030409204107/http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/lectures/kahle.html #10yrsago Bogosity generators: the secret heart of science fiction https://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2013/02/05/the-bogosity-generator-tool-in-science-fiction/…

It takes a lot of motivated reasoning to believe otherwise. — Next week (Feb 8–17), I’ll be in Australia, touring my book Chokepoint Capitalism with my co-author, Rebecca Giblin. We’ll be in Brisbane on Feb 8, and then we’re doing a remote event for NZ on Feb 9. Next is Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. I hope to see you! https://chokepointcapitalism.com/ Here’s…