This day in history
2004, 2009, 2014, 2019.
Berliners: Otherland has added a second date (Jan 28) for my book-talk after the first one sold out — book now!
#20yrsago Towards a non-evil social networking service https://foe.typepad.com/blog/2004/01/my_social_netwo.html
#20yrsago What kind of people are companies? https://kottke.org/04/01/the-corporation
#15yrsago Disagree with a flight attendant? You’re a terrorist https://web.archive.org/web/20090130091134/http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/26/95937/9820/454/689074
#10yrsago Korean plastic surgeon removes towering jars of excised jawbones after fine https://web.archive.org/web/20140123162257/https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/plastic-surgeon-builds-glass-jawbone-tower-filled-with-patients-removed-jaws/story-fneuz9ev-1226809081700
#10yrsago #Euromaidan: Must-see photos and stories from the front lines https://web.archive.org/web/20140131083503/http://zyalt.livejournal.com/984735.html
#10yrsago Why the hyper-rich turn into crybabies when “one percent” is invoked https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-brittle-grip-part-2
#5yrsago Predatory lender found to have swindled veterans’ pensions for eight years, so Trump’s CFPB fined him $1 https://theintercept.com/2019/01/26/cfpb-mulvaney-discount/
#5yrsago Spies tried to infiltrate Citizen Lab and trick them into talking about their research on Israeli spytech company NSO Group https://www.seattletimes.com/business/apnewsbreak-undercover-agents-target-cybersecurity-watchdog-2/
#5yrsago The Curse of Bigness: Tim Wu channels Brandeis on Big Tech (and Big Everything Else) https://memex.craphound.com/2019/01/26/the-curse-of-bigness-tim-wu-channels-brandeis-on-big-tech-and-big-everything-else/
I’m Kickstarting the audiobook for The Bezzle, the sequel to Red Team Blues, narrated by Wil Wheaton! You can pre-order the audiobook and ebook, DRM free, as well as the hardcover, signed or unsigned. There’s also bundles with Red Team Blues in ebook, audio or paperback.