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This day in history

2003, 2008, 2013, 2018.

Cory Doctorow
2 min readMar 29, 2023

#20yrsago SARS: The Mystery Illness https://web.archive.org/web/20030408021713/http://www.cbc.ca/news/sars/

#20yrsago KPMG makes hysterical, self-serving wardriving report http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2885339.stm

#20yrsago Facts don’t violate trademarks https://web.archive.org/web/20030803080408/https://www.eff.org/IP/20030328_taxes-com_pr.php

#15yrsago British Airways loses 15–20,000 bags since Thursday at supremely b0rked Heathrow Terminal 5 https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7320771.stm

#15yrsago Cartoon explains the difference between causality and covariation https://appliedabstractions.com/2008/03/29/covariation-and-causality/

#10yrsago Toronto Mayor Rob Ford about to lose his job coaching high-school football? https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2013/03/29/rob_ford_mayor_cancels_meeting_with_toronto_catholic_board_to_discuss_his_coaching_future.html

#10yrsago When US money was nice to look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US-$10-LT-1901-Fr.114.jpg

#10yrsago ATM skimming comes to non-ATM payment terminals in train stations, etc https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/03/cash-claws-fake-fascias-tampered-tickets/

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

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