This day in history

2008, 2013, 2018, 2022.

Going to Burning Man? Catch me on Tuesday at 2:40pm on the Center Camp Stage for a talk about enshittification and how to reverse it; on Wednesday at noon, I’m hosting Dr Patrick Ball at Liminal Labs (6:15/F) for a talk on using statistics to prove high-level culpability in the recruitment of child soldiers.

On September 6 at 7pm, I’ll be hosting Naomi Klein at the LA Public Library for the launch of Doppelganger.

On September 12 at 7pm, I’ll be at Toronto’s Another Story Bookshop with my new book The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation.

#15yrsago Klingon knife scares the crap out of credulous British scandal-sheet https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-387680/Lethal-Star-Trek-blade-seized-knives-amnesty.html

#15yrsago Fafblog’s Medium Lobster becomes a political columnist for the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/aug/21/uselections2008.barackobama

#10yrsago Larry Lessig and EFF sue music licensing company over bogus YouTube copyright claims https://www.eff.org/press/releases/lawrence-lessig-strikes-back-against-bogus-copyright-takedown

#10yrsago Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It…