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2007, 2012, 2017.

Cory Doctorow
2 min readMar 27, 2022

#15yrsago Smithsonian boss resigns in disgrace after Showtime sellout https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/27/arts/27museum.html?ex=1332648000&en=cf139d6124b31372&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

#10yrsago Liminal States: tour-de-force horror novel is also a bleak western, a noir detective story, and a dystopian sf story https://memex.craphound.com/2012/03/27/liminal-states-tour-de-force-horror-novel-is-also-a-bleak-western-a-noir-detective-story-and-a-dystopian-sf-story/

#10yrsago UK MPs recommend laws compelling Google to censor search results https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/mar/27/google-under-fire-from-mps

#10yrsago Haunted Mansion funnies: organist’s origin http://craphound.com/hm-organist.pdf

#10yrsago Norway’s new Minister of International Development is a D&D champ who thinks LARPs can change the worlds https://imagonem.org/2012/03/27/larps-can-change-the-world/

#10yrsago Spanish record industry cartel sues business prof who called their system an illegal cartel, claims “threatened honor” https://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-group-sues-professor-for-defamation-120327/

#5yrsago Miele’s networked disinfecting hospital dishwasher has a gaping security flaw…

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

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