This day in history
2004, 2009, 2013, 2019, 2023.
This weekend (June 7–9), I’m in Amherst, New York to keynote the 25th Annual Media Ecology Association Convention and accept the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity.
#20yrsago Danny O’Brien’s Life Hacks https://craphound.com/lifehacks2.txt
#15yrsago New fashion copyright bill will let big companies own public domain designs and bury young, indie designers in legal costs https://memex.craphound.com/2009/06/05/new-fashion-copyright-bill-will-let-big-companies-own-public-domain-designs-and-bury-young-indie-designers-in-legal-costs/
#10yrsago A letter from Edward Snowden and the ACLU https://memex.craphound.com/2014/06/05/a-letter-from-edward-snowden-and-the-aclu/
#10yrsago Today is the day we Reset the Net https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKk8MHFLNNE
#10yrsago Crowdscrounging pennies to support Canada’s most important environmental research https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBsTH28AV58
#10yrsago Turn on your data for one minute, AT&T sticks you with a $750 international roaming charge https://jeffreifman.com/2014/06/04/yes-you-can-spend-750-in-international-data-roaming-in-one-minute/
#10yrsago How Wikipedia can become a no-asshole-zone https://web.archive.org/web/20140609085220/http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/Sumana_Harihareswara_keynote
#10yrsago Student’s awesome non-apology for wearing leggings https://www.tumblr.com/urb4n-hipst3rr-xo/86435758488
#10yrsago Google announces end-to-end encryption for Gmail (a big deal!) https://blog.google/products/gmail/transparency-report-protecting-emails/
#5yrsago AOC condemns solitary confinement for Paul Manafort https://x.com/AOC/status/1136320114335391744
#5yrsago This is the color of cyberspace https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/neutral-paint-colors/SW7076-cyberspace#/7076/?s=coordinatingColors&p=PS0
#5yrsago New Jersey law would force Verizon to pay the taxes it avoided for a decade https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/06/verizon-stiffed-towns-on-millions-in-taxes-but-might-have-to-pay-it-back/
#5rysago Russia adds Tinder to the list of apps that have to release user data to its cops and spies on demand, without a warrant https://www.zdnet.com/article/russia-says-tinder-must-share-user-data-private-messages/
#5yrsago The best Joker is the woman Joker who snaps after a lifetime of being told to “smile, baby” by shitty men https://www.everywhereist.com/2019/06/i-tweeted-about-the-joker-being-a-woman-who-was-tired-of-this-shit-and-it-now-feels-auto-biographical/
#5yrsago 68% of “ordinary Facebook investors” voted to fire Zuckerberg https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-investors-vote-to-fire-mark-zuckerberg-as-chairman-2019-6
#5yrsago LA’s new homelessness stats reveal a crisis that is only worsening https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-06052019-story.html
#5yrsago Patronscan wants cities to require bars to scan your ID with its service so it can maintain a secret, unaccountable blacklist https://memex.craphound.com/2019/06/05/patronscan-wants-cities-to-require-bars-to-scan-your-id-with-its-service-so-it-can-maintain-a-secret-unaccountable-blacklist/
#5yrsago Leaked UK military “Extreme Right Wing” checklist: “using the term ‘Islamofascism’”, adding “-istan” to place names https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/29/army-guide-spot-right-wing-extremists-warns-identify-patriots/
#1yrago Wall Street Journal goes to bat for the vultures who want to steal your house https://pluralistic.net/2023/06/05/vulture-capitalism/#distressed-assets
