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This day in history

Cory Doctorow
2 min readJun 15, 2022

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021.

#20yrsago Colorado homeowners’ associations demand green lawns as the state burns https://web.archive.org/web/20020629032842/https://www.uswaternews.com/archives/arcsupply/2somhom6.html

#15yrsago HOWTO make ice-straws https://web.archive.org/web/20070717172641/http://www.instructables.com/id/SQDLVXYF2L4FTZ7/

#10yrsago Woman legislator in Michigan barred from future debates for using the word “vagina” in abortion debate https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/06/14/155059849/michigan-state-rep-barred-from-speaking-after-vagina-comments

#5yrsago What’s worse than shitty, hacked voting machines? Unauditable, shitty voting machines https://www.wired.com/story/georgia-runoff-election-hack-audit-vote/

#5yrsago Not just savers! Wells Fargo also defrauded bankrupt mortgage borrowers https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/business/wells-fargo-loan-mortgage.html

#5yrsago American regions with high immigration enjoy persistent, long-term higher incomes and lower unemployment https://www.nber.org/digest/jun17/long-run-effects-immigration-during-age-mass-migration

#1yrago Taxes are for the little people: If your eyes glaze over at “carried interest loophole,” wait’ll you hear about “fee waivers”…

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

Written by Cory Doctorow

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