This day in history

2001, 2011, 2016, 2020.

#20yrsago Brazil to break patent, make AIDS drug https://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/08/22/aids.drug/index.html

#20yrsago Copyright Your DNA https://web.archive.org/web/20010827170510/http://www.cosmiverse.com/science08230102.html

#10yrsago Jack Layton’s final public words: “Love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear.” https://web.archive.org/web/20111010010012/https://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/01310/Jack_Layton_s_lett_1310744a.pdf

#10yrsago Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/

#5yrsago Bill Gates’ net worth hits $90B, proving Thomas Piketty’s point https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-22/bill-gates-s-net-worth-hits-record-high-of-90-billion-chart

#5yrsago 5 years after Texas GOP’s attack on women’s reproductive health, TX leads developed world in maternal mortality https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/20/texas-maternal-mortality-rate-health-clinics-funding

#1yrago Quantifying the meritocratic delusion https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/23/visionary-art/#meritocratic-delusion

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