Object permanence
Ashley Madison passwords; Vivienne Westwood’s tank; Victorious dancing baby.
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Ithaca and NYC! I’m heading your way for a zillion events from Sept 11–17. Here’s a list of open-to-all Cornell activities including two major keynotes; a movie night with dinner and discussion; and a public event at Cornell Tech in NYC. I’ll also be at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sept 21.
#20yrsago Kim Stanley Robinson on eco-disasters on Earth and Mars https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/sep/14/sciencefictionfantasyandhorror.sarahcrown
#15yrsago UK government hands £500M copyright enforcement and censorship tab to nation’s Internet users https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2010/09/should-isps-pay-for-p2p-warning-letters-uk-says-yes/
#10yrsago Vivienne Westwood drives a tank to David Cameron’s house https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2015/sep/11/vivienne-westwood-tank-protest-fracking-david-cameron-chadlington
#10yrsago EFF scores a giant victory for fair use and dancing babies https://www.eff.org/press/releases/important-win-fair-use-dancing-baby-lawsuit
#10yrsago Tim Wu joins the New York Attorney General’s office https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/14/nyregion/tim-wu-open-internet-advocate-joins-new-york-attorney-generals-office.html
#10yrsago Australian PM Tony Abbot ousted in own-party coup https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/sep/14/malcolm-turnbull-to-be-australias-new-pm-after-ousting-tony-abbott-in-party-vote
#10yrsago Ashley Madison users chose passwords like “whyareyoudoingthis” https://blog.cynosureprime.com/2015/09/csp-our-take-on-cracked-am-passwords.html
#10yrsago PA Homeland Security gave names of anti-drill activists to drilling company https://web.archive.org/web/20100916211045/http://www.centredaily.com/2010/09/14/2206710/documents-show-homeland-security.html
#5yrsago Levels of Interoperability https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/14/they-knew/#interop
#5yrsago How Big Oil lied about “recyclable” plastics https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/14/they-knew/#doing-it-again
