This day in history
2009, 2019, 2023.
I’m coming to BURNING MAN! On TUESDAY (Aug 27) at 1PM, I’m giving a talk called “DISENSHITTIFY OR DIE! at PALENQUE NORTE (7&E). On WEDNESDAY (Aug 28) at NOON, I’m doing a “Talking Caterpillar” Q&A at LIMINAL LABS (830&C).
#15yrsago Charlie Stross and Paul Krugman talk science fiction and economics at the WorldCon https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2009/08/a_fireside_chat.html
#15yrsago Continental imprisons 50 passengers overnight in grounded plane with no food, overflowing toilets https://web.archive.org/web/20090812094858/https://www.startribune.com/local/east/52798827.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUF
#15yrsago Stephenson’s Orth-speak Hugo acceptance speech https://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorow/3810606986/
#15yrsago Bruce Sterling’s story on the merger of blogging and scientific discovery https://web.archive.org/web/20090813092704/https://www.discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/10-in-the-future-doing-science-is-like-blogging
#5yrsago How facial recognition has turned summer camp into a dystopia for campers, parents, counsellors and photographers (but not facial recognition vendors) https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/08/summer-camps-turn-facial-recognition-parents-demand-more-smiles-please/
#5yrsago Pressed about Amazon deforestation, Bolsonaro proposes only shitting on alternate days to remediate climate change https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49304358
#5yrsago The FBI keeps boasting about all its “domestic terror” arrests, but it can’t name a single one https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-domestic-terrorism-arrest-data
#1yrago The long bezzle: Verizon can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/10/smartest-guys-in-the-room/#can-you-hear-me-now
Community voting for SXSW is live! If you wanna hear RIDA QADRI and me talk about how GIG WORKERS can DISENSHITTIFY their jobs with INTEROPERABILITY, VOTE FOR THIS ONE!
