This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2021.

#20yrsago Supremes to hear Eldred, a copyright reform case https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/19/national/supreme-court-to-intervene-in-internet-copyright-dispute.html

#15yrsago Evoting researchers buy used “secure” voting machines for $82 https://www.wired.com/2007/02/82-buys-e-voting-secrets/

#15yrsago America’s superstar cities — is NYC becoming a trustafarian resort-town? https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117133979256306884

#10yrsago Canada’s spy-bill minister has no idea what is in his own law https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/toews-surprised-by-content-of-online-surveillance-bill-1.1236686

#1yrago Uber loses court battle, steals wages, censors whistleblower https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/19/texas-lysenko/#unter

#1yrago How Republicans froze Texas solid https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/19/texas-lysenko/#mess-with-texas

#1yrago Complicity, incompetence, leadership and Capitol Police https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/19/texas-lysenko/#capitol-riots

#1yrago My talks with Edward Snowden and William Gibson https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/19/texas-lysenko/#gibson-snowden

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and blogger. He has a podcast, a…