This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2021.

#20yrsago Stupid copyright claims? Just ask https://web.archive.org/web/20030223095927/http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000216.html

#20yrsago 20k-50k WiFi hotspots coming https://web.archive.org/web/20021206024302/http://www.cometanetworks.com/

#20yrsago Karl Auerbach on ICANN’s corruption https://web.archive.org/web/20021219183033/http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2002/12/05/karl.html

#15yrsago SFWA’s farting rainbows tee https://whatever.scalzi.com/2007/12/05/sfflatus/

#10yrsago Translating plutocrat economic campaign-speak into plain English https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/12/the-obscenely-rich-men-bent-on-shredding-the-safety-net.html

#10yrsago UN’s International Telecommunications Union sets out to standardize bulk surveillance of Internet users by oppressive governments https://cdt.org/insights/adoption-of-traffic-sniffing-standard-fans-wcit-flames/

#10yrsago Open, CC-licensed photo course draws up to 35,000 students https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-20495489

#1yrsago When you hear “one size fits all,” think “universal”: The origins and expansion of a right-wing shibboleth https://pluralistic.net/2021/12/05/universalism/#shibboleths