This day in history
2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023.
On October 23 at 7PM, I’ll be in Decatur, presenting my novel The Bezzle at Eagle Eye Books.
#20yrsago EFF suing the FCC over the Broadcast Flag! https://web.archive.org/web/20041009183059/https://www.eff.org/news/archives/2004_10.php#001968
#20yrsago Sun endorses software patents, then loses 50% of profits to one https://slashdot.org/~Sanity/journal/85891
#15yrsago Royal Mail uses legal threats to shut down service that provided postcode lookups to charities and nonprofits https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/royal-mail-closing-job-search-over-data-dispute-while-sacking-workers/
#15yrsago Conservapedia proposes de-liberalized Bible https://newrepublic.com/article/70008/fixing-the-bible
#15yrsago FBI file on Aaron Swartz, US court-record hacker http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/fbifile
#15yrsago Melvin Monster, Volume 1: classic monster comics from Little Lulu’s creator https://memex.craphound.com/2009/10/05/melvin-monster-volume-1-classic-monster-comics-from-little-lulus-creator/
#15yrsago Marseille Figs’ JUMBO: sinister circus music, drunken ballads, C&W apologies with accordion and sarcasm https://memex.craphound.com/2009/10/05/marseille-figs-jumbo-sinister-circus-music-drunken-ballads-cw-apologies-with-accordion-and-sarcasm/
#10yrsago Great ideas that changed the world, and the people they rode in on https://memex.craphound.com/2014/10/05/great-ideas-that-changed-the-world-and-the-people-they-rode-in-on/
#10yrsago Dutch IT contractor lays out the case for spying on everyone’s wearables, always https://draadbreuk.nl/wearables/bizarre-video-pinkrocade-big-brother/
#10yrsago BC Pastafarian fights for right to wear colander in Driver’s License photo https://web.archive.org/web/20141007083120/http://www.vancouversun.com/touch/story.html?id=10260910
#5yrsago CBP officer refuses to allow American journalist into the country until he admits he writes “propaganda” https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2019/10/us-customs-officer-harasses-defense-one-journalist-dulles/160380/
#5yrsago US prosecutors say the “bankrupt” Sacklers still have billions hidden away https://www.reuters.com/article/us-purduepharma-bankruptcy/sacklers-reaped-up-to-13-billion-from-oxycontin-maker-u-s-states-say-idUSKBN1WJ19V/
#5yrsago Hong Kong bans makeup and masks so facial recognition cameras can identify protesters https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3031483/anti-mask-law-protesters-would-be-tough-enforce-streets-and
#5yrsago Where would you put the word “fuck” in William Carlos Williams’s “This is Just to Say”? https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJTO4Ult1ovJJUlXXq4iq3uyWeXOUc56YLvx6BMg3xMTxb_g/viewform?sfns=mo&fbzx=1286119606992296332
#1yrago Union pensions are funding private equity attacks on workers https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/05/mr-gotcha/#no-ethical-consumption-under-capitalism
