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This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017.

Cory Doctorow
2 min readDec 19, 2022

#20yrsago Disney cartoons not hypnotic enough for boys https://web.archive.org/web/20030212134433/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134598846_disney19.html

#15yrsago Abandoned Sun Microsystems building photo-tour https://web.archive.org/web/20060211102122/http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/sun_microsystems.htm

#15yrsago Science is linguistic as well as numerical https://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/12/sex-math-and-sc.html

#15yrsago HOWTO Make a BristleBot vibrating toothbrush robot https://www.evilmadscientist.com/2007/bristlebot-a-tiny-directional-vibrobot/

#15yrsago Kim Stanley Robinson on “Comparative Planetology” https://bldgblog.com/2007/12/comparative-planetology-an-interview-with-kim-stanley-robinson/

#10yrsago Woman gets stem-cell “wrinkle treatment,” grows extra bones in her eye-socket https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stem-cell-cosmetics/

#5yrsago Rich people in Bristol install anti-bird spikes in trees to keep shit off their cars, rendering trees “literally uninhabitable” by local wildlife https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bird-spikes-droppings-expensive-sports-cars-environmentalists-angered-rspb-clifton-down-bristol-a8117786.html

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

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