This day in history

2004, 2009, 2014, 2023.

I’m coming to Tartu, Estonia! May 8, 6PM: Overcoming the Enshittocene (Prima Vista Literary Festival keynote, University of Tartu Library, Struwe 1). May 10, 8AM: AI, copyright and creative workers’ labor rights (Science Fiction Research Association talk, Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures building, Lossi 3, lobby). May 10, 3PM: A talk for hackers on seizing the means of computation (University of Tartu Delta Centre, Narva 18, room 1037).

#20yrsago Command-line pizza-orderator https://web.archive.org/web/20040508090713/http://www.beigerecords.com/cory/pizza_party/

#15yrsago EU kills “3-strikes” Internet rule, affirms Internet is a fundamental right https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2009/05/06/amendment-138-46-adopted-again/

#15yrsago EFF sues Obama administration for promised access to secret copyright treaty documents https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/05/06

#15yrsago Homemade Hollywood: book about fan-films and the obsessives who make them https://memex.craphound.com/2009/05/06/homemade-hollywood-book-about-fan-films-and-the-obsessives-who-make-them/

#10yrsago Comic strip etched into a human hair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urxflpkY8n8

#10yrsago Review: This One Summer https://memex.craphound.com/2014/05/06/review-this-one-summer/

#1yrago On the Media on the enshittification (pt 1) https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/06/people-are-not-disposable/#otm

#1yrago Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/06/people-are-not-disposable/#union-strong