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2011, 2016, 2020

Cory Doctorow
2 min readMay 27, 2021

#10yrsago Bernie Sanders introduces anti-pharma-patent bill, aims to replace drug monopolies with prizes https://web.archive.org/web/20110528154823/https://www.keionline.org/node/1147

#5yrsago Wealthy families are most responsible for American wealth segregation https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0003122416642430

#5yrsago Wells Fargo, who preyed on black borrowers, sponsors Black Lives Matter luncheon https://theintercept.com/2016/05/27/wells-fargo-sponsorship-of-black-lives-matter-panel-draws-scorn/

#5yrsago Scott Walker, saddled with $1.2m debt from failed presidential bid, pawns his own donors http://www.wisconsingazette.com/2016/05/24/scott-walker-rents-out-donor-list-to-pay-campaign-debt/

#5yrsago US trade rep threatens Colombia’s peace process over legal plan to offer cheap leukemia meds https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2016/05/26/bernie-sanders-novartis-patent/

#5yrsago Security researcher discovers glaring problem with patient data system, FBI stages armed dawn raid https://www.dailydot.com/debug/justin-shafer-fbi-raid/

#1yrago Ammosexuals point their guns at their crotches https://pluralistic.net/2020/05/27/literal-gunhumping/#youll-shoot-your-eye-out

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

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