This day in history

2009, 2014, 2019, 2023.

#15yrsago Soviet kids’-book robots https://web.archive.org/web/20100107193522/https://ajourneyroundmyskull.blogspot.com/2009/12/mummy-was-robot-daddy-was-small-non.html

#15yrsago EFF’s ebook-buyer’s guide to privacy https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/12/e-book-privacy

#15yrsago Botnet runners start their own ISPs https://web.archive.org/web/20100103161911/http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/attackers-buying-own-data-centers-botnets-spam-122109

#10yrsago Clever student uses red/blue masking to double exam cribsheet https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2pxxaj/told_my_students_they_could_use_a_3_x_5_notecard/

#10yrsago Dollar Store Dungeons! http://www.bladeandcrown.com/blog/2013/12/30/dollar-store-dungeons-the-project/

#10yrsago Delware school district wants kids to get signed permission before checking out YA library books https://cbldf.org/2014/12/delaware-school-district-considers-permission-slips-for-young-adult-books/

#5yrsago The 2010s were the decade of Citizens United https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/citizens-united-devastating-impact-american-politics.html

#5yrsago Kentucky’s former GOP governor pardoned a bunch of rapists and murderers on his way out of office, including a child rapist https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/12/20/matt-bevin-micah-schoettle-child-rapist-hymen-intact-pardon/

#1yrago A year in illustration, 2023 edition https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/21/collages-r-us/#ki-bosch