This day in history

2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022.

Going to Burning Man? Catch me on Tuesday at 2:40pm on the Center Camp Stage for a talk about enshittification and how to reverse it; on Wednesday at noon, I’m hosting Dr Patrick Ball at Liminal Labs (6:15/F) for a talk on using statistics to prove high-level culpability in the recruitment of child soldiers.

On September 6 at 7pm, I’ll be hosting Naomi Klein at the LA Public Library for the launch of Doppelganger.

On September 12 at 7pm, I’ll be at Toronto’s Another Story Bookshop with my new book The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation.

#20yrsago BBC to put its entire archive online http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3177479.stm

#20yrsago Citytv invents live television blogging https://memex.craphound.com/2003/08/24/citytv-invents-live-television-blogging/

#20yrsago Save Christiania, August 30th march in Copenhagen https://memex.craphound.com/2003/08/24/save-christiania-august-30th-march-in-copenhagen/

#15yrsago Kids can’t “go out and play” anymore https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-15-oe-brooks15-story.html

#15yrsago Mickey Mouse bridges the culture war when teaching evolution to evangelical students…