This day in history

2004, 2009, 2014, 2023.

I’m coming to Tartu, Estonia! May 8, 6PM: Overcoming the Enshittocene (Prima Vista Literary Festival keynote, University of Tartu Library, Struwe 1). May 10, 8AM: AI, copyright and creative workers’ labor rights (Science Fiction Research Association talk, Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures building, Lossi 3, lobby). May 10, 3PM: A talk for hackers on seizing the means of computation (University of Tartu Delta Centre, Narva 18, room 1037).

#20yrsago Disney buries Moore’s new movie to save its tax-breaks https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/05/us/disney-is-blocking-distribution-of-film-that-criticizes-bush.html

#15yrsago Woman accuses cop neighbor of forging “Come get all my stuff for free” ad on Craigslist https://web.archive.org/web/20090507065346/https://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/arlington/stories/DN-craigslistcop_02met.ART.State.Edition2.4a690aa.html

#10yrsago How to Talk to Your Children About Mass Surveillance https://locusmag.com/2014/05/cory-doctorow-how-to-talk-to-your-children-about-mass-surveillance/

#10yrsago Straczynski: “The New Aristocracy” https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=760992300602302&id=139652459402959

#1yrago Ostromizing democracy https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/04/analytical-democratic-theory/#epistocratic-delusions