This day in history
2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023.
I’m on tour with my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me in TUCSON (Mar 9–10), then San Francisco (Mar 13), and more!
#20yrsago The Orkut Song https://web.archive.org/web/20050910045938/http://sims.berkeley.edu/~dmb/orkut/orkutworld.mp3
#15yrsago Doctors force patients to sign gag orders forbidding online reviews https://www.montereyherald.com/2009/03/04/doctors-using-patient-waivers-to-curb-negative-online-reviews/
#10yrsago Edward Snowden to speak at SXSW https://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP27783
#10yrsago Delhi police lost password for complaints portal in 2006, haven’t checked it since https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/vigilance-complaints-pile-up-as-delhi-police-doesnt-know-password/
#5yrsago London councils plan to slash benefit payments with an “anti-fraud” system known to have a 20% failure rate https://news.sky.com/story/thousands-face-incorrect-benefit-cuts-from-automated-fraud-detector-11651031
#5yrsago History is made: petition opposing the EU’s #Article13 internet censorship plan draws more signatures than any petition in human history https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-stop-the-censorship-machinery-save-the-internet
#5yrsago The People’s Republic of Walmart: how late-stage capitalism gives way to early-stage fully automated luxury communism https://memex.craphound.com/2019/03/05/the-peoples-republic-of-walmart-how-late-stage-capitalism-gives-way-to-early-stage-fully-automated-luxury-communism/
#5yrsago BATHDOOM: A Doom level based on a terrible bathroom remodel https://twitter.com/dietinghippo/status/1102153605899927556
#1yrago They’re still trying to ban cryptography https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/05/theyre-still-trying-to-ban-cryptography/
