This day in history

2005, 2010, 2015, 2024.

Picks and Shovels is a new, standalone technothriller starring Marty Hench, my two-fisted, hard-fighting, tech-scam-busting forensic accountant. You can pre-order it on my latest Kickstarter, which features a brilliant audiobook read by Wil Wheaton.

#20yrsago Ben Rosenbaum story under remixable CC license https://benjaminrosenbaum.github.io/stories/start.the.clock.html

#15yrsago Steampunk “Raptor Pilot” mask #4 https://web.archive.org/web/20100122011026/http://bobbasset.com/?p=306

#15yrsago New Orleans cops use ancient “unnatural copulation” law to turn sex workers into sex-offenders https://web.archive.org/web/20100118124027/https://colorlines.com/article.php?ID=673

#15yrsago Korean court legalizes some game-item sales https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2010/01/11/socialAffairs/Supreme-Court-acquits-two-in-cyber-money-game-case/2915126.html

#15yrsago Mass photo-shoot in Trafalgar Square this Saturday https://web.archive.org/web/20091214075615/http://photographernotaterrorist.org/2009/12/mass-photo-gathering/

#15yrsago Animals at Play: ethology for kids shows that play is universal https://memex.craphound.com/2010/01/19/animals-at-play-ethology-for-kids-shows-that-play-is-universal/

#10yrsago GOP accuses Obama of being President https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/republicans-accuse-obama-of-using-position-as-president-to-lead-country

#1yrago 2600’s amazing Hackers on Planet Earth con may go down to enshittification https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/19/hope-less/#hack-the-planet

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