This day in history
2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024.
NEXT SATURDAY (July 20), I’m appearing at Chicago’s Exile in Bookville.
#20yrsago Differences between WorldCon and the DNC https://www.mcfi.org/noreascon4/not-the-dnc.html
#15yrsago Top Shelf Jazz’s “Fast and Louche” — part Cab Calloway, part Atomic Fireballs, all good smutty Prohibition jazz https://memex.craphound.com/2009/07/15/top-shelf-jazzs-fast-and-louche-part-cab-calloway-part-atomic-fireballs-all-good-smutty-prohibition-jazz/
#15yrsago RIP, Phyllis Gotleib, the mother of Canadian science fiction https://memex.craphound.com/2009/07/15/rip-phyllis-gotleib-the-mother-of-canadian-science-fiction/
#15yrsago Kathe Koja’s KISSING THE BEE audiobook: betrayal and emotional whirlwinds told with originality and subtlety https://memex.craphound.com/2009/07/15/kathe-kojas-kissing-the-bee-audiobook-betrayal-and-emotional-whirlwinds-told-with-originality-and-subtlety/
#10yrsago The Shadow Hero: giving an origin story to comics’ first Asian-American superhero https://memex.craphound.com/2014/07/15/the-shadow-hero-giving-an-origin-story-to-comics-first-asian-american-superhero/
#5yrsago Ex-Fox & Friends host, accused of a Ponzi scheme that turned Indianapolis real-estate investors into slumlords, moves to Portugal https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2019/07/12/ex-fox-friends-host-clayton-morris-leaves-country-for-portugal-amid-fraud-allegations/1705521001/
#5yrsago 5G won’t fix America’s terrible broadband https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2019/07/11/will-broadband-go-wireless/?mc_cid=7a2fa307cd
#5yrsago Putting a price on our data won’t make the platforms stop abusing our privacy https://memex.craphound.com/2019/07/15/putting-a-price-on-our-data-wont-make-the-platforms-stop-abusing-our-privacy/
#5yrsago Presidential fundraising scorecard: who’s raising the most and who is most beholden to the ultra-wealthy and corporations? https://projects.propublica.org/itemizer/presidential-candidates/2020#164669
#5yrsago Heirs’ property: how southern states allow white land developers to steal reconstruction-era land from Black families https://features.propublica.org/black-land-loss/heirs-property-rights-why-black-families-lose-land-south/#164706
#5yrsago The new £50 notes will feature Alan Turing (whilst HMG proposes bans on Turing complete computers AND working crypto) https://memex.craphound.com/2019/07/15/the-new-50-notes-will-feature-alan-turing-whilst-hmg-proposes-bans-on-turing-complete-computers-and-working-crypto/
#1yrago Linkty Dumpty https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/15/in-the-dumps/#what-vacation
