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This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021.

Cory Doctorow
2 min readFeb 21, 2022

#20yrsago Science fiction without the future https://web.archive.org/web/20020305220328/home.earthlink.net/~judithberman/fiction/sffuture.html

#20yrsago Vegas is decadent again https://web.archive.org/web/20020215223514/http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020215/3862582s.htm

#15yrsago Pay-per-use electricity in Dallas/Fort-Worth airport https://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorow/398406153/

#15yrsago MSU forces students to watch RIAA videos https://web.archive.org/web/20070223042521/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070221/ap_on_hi_te/downloading_music

#15yrsago Understanding what a progam can do https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2007/02/21/why-understanding-programs-hard/

#10yrsago Leaked climate-change denial lobby docs came from water scientist https://www.desmog.com/2012/02/14/heartland-insider-exposes-institute-s-budget-and-strategy/

#5yrsago A Clinton-era tech law has quietly, profoundly redefined the very nature of property in the IoT age https://www.vice.com/en/article/qkxkmw/the-internet-of-hackable-things-you-dont-own

#1yrago The Paltrow-Industrial Complex: How Goop is cashing in on covid https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/21/paltrow-industrial-complex/#goopy

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Cory Doctorow
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