This day in history
2002, 2012, 2021.
#20yrsago Steven Levy’s wireless neighbors https://www.newsweek.com/i-was-wi-fi-freeloader-146877
#10yrsago Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium: Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly’s debate kicked ass https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/07/jon-stewart-bill-oreilly-debate
#10yrsago Supreme Court case will decide whether you own your stuff https://www.marketwatch.com/story/your-right-to-resell-your-own-stuff-is-in-peril-2012-10-04
#1yrago Scottish Limited Partnerships are still laundering criminal millions: Offshore is actually onshore https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/07/markets-in-everything/#if-its-not-scottish
#1yrago “Inclusive Access” allows textbook monopolists to permanently consolidate their gains: Universities are auto-billing students for high-priced, self-destructing textbooks they can’t loan or sell https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/07/markets-in-everything/#textbook-abuses
#1yrago DoS a federal agency, then charge for access: Enq carries on a tradition of genuinely terrible startup ideas https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/07/markets-in-everything/#no-th-enq
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 Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), a book about artistic labor market and excessive buyer power. 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 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).
