This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017.

#20yrsago Broadcast Flag in NYT https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Critics-Decry-Digital-TV-Signal-Coding-7146867.php

#20yrsago better !pout !cry https://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/88old/coming.html

#15yrsago What waterboarding feels like https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-waterboard/430894

#10yrsago Why George Bush, Sr resigned his lifetime NRA membership https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/11/us/letter-of-resignation-sent-by-bush-to-rifle-association.html

#5yrsago Reviving my Christmas daddy-daughter podcast, with Poesy! https://ia600101.us.archive.org/25/items/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_282/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_282_Christmas_With_Poesy_2017_64kb.mp3

#5yrsago Reality Winner profile is a beautiful portrait of a brilliant, principled patriot who messed up https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/12/who-is-reality-winner.html

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 Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), a book about artistic labor market and excessive buyer power. 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 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).