This day in history

2014, 2019.

For the rest of May, my bestselling solarpunk utopian novel The Lost Cause (2023) is available as a $2.99, DRM-free ebook!

#10yrsago Star Wars with Chinese characteristics https://www.mcgreene.org/archives/296

#10yrsago North Korean science fiction and the Maoist road to Mars https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-asian-studies/article/abs/comment-on-lets-go-to-the-moon/51BE6920B1AAC3C8148188A2BC7EDBD6

#10yrsago Did GCHQ reveal secrets about computer insecurity when it exorcised the Snowden leaks from the Guardian’s laptops? https://web.archive.org/web/20150216192440/https://www.privacyinternational.org/?q=node/456

#5yrsago Study attributes mysterious rise in CFC emissions to eastern Chinese manufacturing https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48353341

#5yrsago Big Tech: “If the USA enforces antitrust laws against us, it means China will win!” https://www.wired.com/story/big-tech-breaking-will-only-help-china/

#5yrsago Federal lawsuit calls college textbook/ebook packages a “scam” https://www.vice.com/en/article/pajze9/people-are-finally-fighting-back-against-the-college-textbook-industrys-scam

#5yrsago To chase out low-waged workers, Mountain View is banning overnight RV and van parking https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-05-21/silicon-valley-s-shame-living-in-a-van-in-google-s-backyard

#5yrsago The Oliver Twist workhouse is becoming a block of luxury flats with a “poor door” https://web.archive.org/web/20170726143443/https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/controversial-separate-entrance-planned-for-affordable-homes-at-oliver-twist-workhouse-luxury-flat-a112431.html

#5yrsago The Reality Bubble: how humanity’s collective blindspots render us incapable of seeing danger until it’s too late (and what to do about it) https://memex.craphound.com/2019/05/23/the-reality-bubble-how-humanitys-collective-blindspots-render-us-incapable-of-seeing-danger-until-its-too-late-and-what-to-do-about-it/