This day in history
2009, 2014, 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 Campaign to get UK government to apologise for hounding Alan Turing to his death https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/campaign-to-win-official-apology-for-alan-927356
#10yrsago NYPD arrest NY gubernatorial challenger for videoing street-arrest https://web.archive.org/web/20140817215021/http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2014/08/14/new-york-governor-candidate-arrested-recording-aggressive-police-behavior/
#10yrsago EFF guide to cell phone use for US protesters https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/08/cell-phone-guide-protesters-updated-2014-edition
#10yrsago Life-sized nude sculpture made from typewriter parts https://cargocollective.com/jeremymayer
#5yrsago The guy who figured out Bernie Madoff’s scam now says GE is about to go bankrupt https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/investing/ge-harry-markopolos-interview/index.html
#5yrsago Announcement of Tumblr’s sale to WordPress classified as pornography by Tumblr’s notorious “adult content” filter https://memex.craphound.com/2019/08/16/announcement-of-tumblrs-sale-to-wordpress-classified-as-pornography-by-tumblrs-notorious-adult-content-filter/
#5yrsago Judge orders the State of Georgia to be prepared for pen-and-paper balloting by March 2020 https://apnews.com/article/primary-elections-us-news-ap-top-news-voting-voting-machines-abd2949881514e42a50f2025595c9c2a
#5yrsago Art Spiegelman pulled his Marvel Folio Society intro after Disney demanded that he not criticize Trump https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/16/art-spiegelmans-marvel-essay-refused-publication-for-orange-skull-trump-dig
#5yrsago Major corporations blacklist ads on news stories that include the words “Trump,” “racism,” “gun,” “Brexit,” “suicide” and more https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2019/08/advertisers-blacklisting-news-other-stories-with-controversial-words-like-trump.html
#5yrsago In California, the 2020 elections will feature an epic battle to allow cities to reinstate property taxes https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/08/2020-property-tax-battle-in-california-could-be-epic.html
#5yrsago 1000fps video reveals the underlying action of a stinging ant’s venom injection for the very first time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jygY-ZHPxQ
#1yrago At long last, a meaningful step to protect Americans’ privacy https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/16/the-second-best-time-is-now/#the-point-of-a-system-is-what-it-does
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!
