This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021.

#20yrsago HG Wells, ripoff artist https://www.salon.com/2002/11/07/mckillip/

#15yrsago Kremlin uses software piracy laws to shut down dissident media outlets https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/13/AR2007111302070_pf.html

#15yrsago 1.8 million pages of US federal case law to go online for free https://public.resource.org/case_law_announcement.html

#15yrsago Japanese “melody roads” play tunes as you drive over them https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/nov/13/japan.gadgets

#15yrsago Rewired: Post-Cyberpunk Anthology shows how sf has changed since the Mirroshades era https://memex.craphound.com/2007/11/14/rewired-post-cyberpunk-anthology-shows-how-sf-has-changed-since-the-mirroshades-era/

#15yrsago I Want Sandy — perfect productivity email bot is free and public https://web.archive.org/web/20071114041755/http://www.iwantsandy.com/

#10yrago Gerrymandering in North Carolina: win https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/11/republicans-gerrymandering-house-representatives-election-chart/

#10yrsago Campaign to opt out of pornoscanners & video TSA checkpoints at Thanksgiving https://web.archive.org/web/20121117015505/https://www.digitaljournal.com/article/336517