This day in history

2008, 2018, 2022.

#15yrsago Cities making red-light cameras more profitable by making them less safe https://web.archive.org/web/20080415015522/https://www.leftlanenews.com/six-us-cities-tamper-with-traffic-cameras-for-profit.html

#15yrsago EU forced to release list of objects you’re not allowed to take on planes https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/10/business/worldbusiness/10iht-checkin.4.11878072.html

#5yrsago Between Trump, Ajit Pai and a GOP Congress, there’s never been a better time for a terrible Sprint/T-Mobile merger https://www.techdirt.com/2018/04/11/competition-killing-sprint-t-mobile-merger-nobody-asked-is-back-menu/

#5yrsago Eviction Lab: a comprehensive database of every eviction proceeding in America for the past 16 years https://evictionlab.org

#5yrsago Cities’ emergency sirens will play anything you send them over an unencrypted radio protocol https://www.wired.com/story/this-radio-hacker-could-hijack-emergency-sirens-to-play-any-sound/

#5yrsago John Boehner pledged eternal support for imprisoning marijuana users, now he’s in the legal weed business https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-11/ex-speaker-john-boehner-joins-marijuana-firm-s-advisory-board