This day in history

2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023.

I’ll be in Tucson, AZ from November 8–10: I’m the Guest of Honor at the TusCon science fiction convention.

#20yrsago Pitcairn rapists convicted but not jailed https://www.smh.com.au/world/six-pitcairn-men-guilty-of-rape-and-assaults-20041026-gdjzlz.html

#20yrsago Build a $100 GNU/Linux machine https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/04/10/25/2337253/how-cheap-can-a-pc-be

#15yrsago On the literary and scholarly awesomeness of the timezone file https://blog.jonudell.net/2009/10/23/a-literary-appreciation-of-the-olsonzoneinfotz-database/

#10yrsago Canadian MPs improvised spears to fight off shooter while PM Harper hid in the closet https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-attack-mps-fashioned-spears-while-harper-hid-in-closet/article21278580/

#5yrsago Zuck claims he chows down with politicos from “across the spectrum” but they all seem to be far-right creeps https://theintercept.com/2019/10/25/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-dinners/

#1yrago Bad King Richard got rich by exploiting workers at King’s Faire https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/25/huzzah/#bad-king-richard

Tor Books just published two new, free “Little Brother” stories: “Vigilant,” a about creepy surveillance in distance education; and “Spill,” about oil pipelines and indigenous landback.