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This day in history

2001, 2011, 2016, 2020

Cory Doctorow
2 min readJul 29, 2021

#20yrsago How to help someone use a computer https://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/agre/how-to-help.html

#10yrsago Batman logo in equation form https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/j2qjc/do_you_like_batman_do_you_like_math_my_math/

#10yrsago Bill Nye explains to Fox News why lunar volcanoes don’t disprove anthropogenic global warming https://web.archive.org/web/20110924185725/https://www.mediamatters.org/mmtv/201107280007

#10yrsago House Committee passes bill requiring your ISP to spy on every click and keystroke you make online and retain for 12 months https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/07/house-committee-approves-bill-mandating-internet

#10yrsago Vindictive WalMart erroneously accuses couple of shoplifting, has husband deported, wife fired, costs them house and car https://web.archive.org/web/20111002102637/https://www.courthousenews.com/2011/07/26/38455.htm

#5yrsago North Carolina’s voter suppression law struck down as “racist” https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/29/politics/north-carolina-voter-id/index.html

#5yrsago Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz calls Apple’s tax strategy a “fraud” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-28/stiglitz-calls-apple-s-profit-reporting-in-ireland-a-fraud

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

Written by Cory Doctorow

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