This day in history

2003, 2022.

#20yrsago Verisign: holding us accountable will kill the Internet https://www.theregister.com/2003/02/03/sex_com_case_heralds_end/

#1yrago When crypto-exchanges go broke, you’ll lose it all https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/03/liquidation-preference/#we-live-in-a-society

#1yrago Money is power: A political economy parable (with a side of environmental racism) https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/03/liquidation-preference/#sweet-sweet-corruption

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).