This day in history

2007, 2012, 2021.

#15yrsago Roth’s “Plot Against America” — chilling alternate fascist America https://memex.craphound.com/2007/01/08/roths-plot-against-america-chilling-alternate-fascist-america/

#10yrsago The Economist publishes pathetic advertorial for the City of London https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/01/ian-fraser-the-economist-loses-the-plot-with-this-shallow-pro-city-propaganda.html

#1yrago Militarizing cops was a failure https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/08/competition-is-killing-us/#leso

#1yrago Predatory lender seeks national bank charter https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/08/competition-is-killing-us/#oportun

#1yrago Competition is Killing Us https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/08/competition-is-killing-us/#borked

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and blogger. He has a podcast, a newsletter, a Twitter feed, a Mastodon feed, and a Tumblr feed. He was born in Canada, became a British citizen and now lives in Burbank, California. His latest nonfiction book is How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism. His latest novel for adults is Attack Surface. His latest short story collection is Radicalized. His latest picture book is Poesy the Monster Slayer. His latest YA novel is Pirate Cinema. His latest graphic novel is In Real Life. His forthcoming books include The Shakedown (with Rebecca Giblin), a book about artistic labor market and excessive buyer power; Red Team Blues, a noir thriller about cryptocurrency, corruption and money-laundering (Tor, 2023); and The Lost Cause, a utopian post-GND novel about truth and reconciliation with white nationalist militias (Tor, 2023).