This day in history

2016, 2020.

#5yrsago Left-wing activists across the former USSR launch “September,” to rally opposition to far-right movements https://globalvoices.org/2016/10/05/september-a-new-platform-for-leftists-across-the-former-soviet-union/

#5yrsago Canadian government has turned “consultation” on warrantless mass surveillance into a sales-job https://www.vice.com/en/article/kb7xw3/canadian-governments-plan-new-spying-powers-national-security-consultation-warrantless-access

#1yrago Facebook’s living will https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/05/florida-man/#dnr

#1yrago Ad-tech is a bubble https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/05/florida-man/#wannamakers-ghost

#1yrago The Internet is for End-Users https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/05/florida-man/#user-agents

#1yrago Squeeze Me https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/05/florida-man/#disappearing-act

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and blogger. He has a podcast, a newsletter, a Twitter feed, a Mastodon feed, and a Tumblr feed. He was born in Canada, became a British citizen and now lives in Burbank, California. His latest nonfiction book is How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism. His latest novel for adults is Attack Surface. His latest short story collection is Radicalized. His latest picture book is Poesy the Monster Slayer. His latest YA novel is Pirate Cinema. His latest graphic novel is In Real Life. His forthcoming books include The Shakedown (with Rebecca Giblin), a book about artistic labor market and excessive buyer power; Red Team Blues, a noir thriller about cryptocurrency, corruption and money-laundering (Tor, 2023); and The Lost Cause, a utopian post-GND novel about truth and reconciliation with white nationalist militias (Tor, 2023).