This day in history

2002, 2007, 2017, 2021.

#20yrsago Judith Merril’s memoirs, at last https://web.archive.org/web/20020603125448/http://www.kissmachine.org/emily.htm

#20yrsago I’m a Googlebot! I will not kill you https://ftrain.com/robot_exclusion_protocol

#15yrsago Best muscle-rub ever https://memex.craphound.com/2007/02/24/best-muscle-rub-ever/

#5yrsago Techdirt is being sued by the “I invented email” guy and needs your money https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170216/17220136729/techdirt-survival-fund-i-support-journalism.shtml

#5yrsago So It Is: a Cuban-inspired album from the astounding Preservation Hall Jazz Band https://memex.craphound.com/2017/02/24/so-it-is-a-cuban-inspired-album-from-the-astounding-preservation-hall-jazz-band/

#5yrsago The automated, invisible revert-wars of Wikipedia’s bot ecosystem https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0171774

#5yrsago Putinology considered harmful: the many legends we tell ourselves about Vladimir Putin https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/22/vladimir-putin-killer-genius-kleptocrat-spy-myths

#5yrsago Pope to greedheads: better to be an atheist than the kind of Catholic who screws the poor https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-atheists-idUSKBN1621I3