This day in history

2002, 2012, 2017, 2021.

#20yrsago How a flood of worms will inevitably destroy the internet http://www.icir.org/vern/papers/cdc-usenix-sec02/index.html

#10yrsago Makies: custom-made, 3D printed action dolls https://memex.craphound.com/2012/05/24/makies-custom-made-3d-printed-action-dolls/

#5yrsago Theresa May will send up to 5,000 soldiers to police UK public spaces https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/23/operation-temperer-theresa-may-becomes-first-pm-deploy-5000/

#5yrsago Fox retracts hoax story about Seth Rich murder https://www.foxnews.com/politics/statement-on-coverage-of-seth-rich-murder-investigation

#1yrago Podcasting “The Memex Method” https://pluralistic.net/2021/05/24/how-about-nah/#memex-method

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and blogger. He has a podcast, a newsletter, a Twitter feed, a Mastodon feed, and a Tumblr feed. He was born in Canada, became a British citizen and now lives in Burbank, California. His latest nonfiction book is How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism. His latest novel for adults is Attack Surface. His latest short story collection is Radicalized. His latest picture book is Poesy the Monster Slayer. His latest YA novel is Pirate Cinema. His latest graphic novel is In Real Life. His forthcoming books include Chokepoint Capitalism: How to Beat Big Tech, Tame Big Content, and Get Artists Paid (with Rebecca Giblin), a book about artistic labor market and excessive buyer power; Red Team Blues, a noir thriller about cryptocurrency, corruption and money-laundering (Tor, 2023); and The Lost Cause, a utopian post-GND novel about truth and reconciliation with white nationalist militias (Tor, 2023).