This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017.

#15yrsago Canadian mint: We own the words “one cent” and Toronto can’t use them https://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/10/05/2993087.htm

#15yrsago Revolution in Jesusland: building bridges between progressives and born-agains https://web.archive.org/web/20071011020623/http://revolutioninjesusland.com/

#15yrsago Unlocking an iPhone is legal https://slate.com/technology/2007/10/unlocking-apple-s-iphone-is-legal-ethical-and-just-plain-fun.html

#10yrsago 68,000 Texans no longer have to prove they’re not dead in order to vote https://www.loweringthebar.net/2012/10/texas-settles-with-previously-dead-voters.html

#5yrsago Slashdot is 20 https://meta.slashdot.org/story/17/10/03/2356229/20-years-of-stuff-that-matters

#5yrsago Canary claws back cloud features from its IoT camera, starts charging $10/month https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/4/16426394/canary-smart-home-camera-free-service-update-change

#5yrsago Prisoners sent to Christian “rehab” diversion programs find themselves in forced-labor camps https://revealnews.org/article/they-thought-they-were-going-to-rehab-they-ended-up-in-chicken-plants/

#5yrsago Seattle’s Nazi tech-bros’ plan: infiltrate tech industry, hire white supremacists…