This day in history

2009, 2014, 2019, 2023.

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#15yrsago Ask Google to guarantee privacy for the future of reading https://web.archive.org/web/20100703132925/https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=433

#15yrsago Kadrey’s SANDMAN SLIM: a hard-boiled revenge novel from Hell https://memex.craphound.com/2009/07/24/kadreys-sandman-slim-a-hard-boiled-revenge-novel-from-hell/

#10yrsago Michigan sheriff issues inmates black-and-white striped uniforms https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/22/michigan-inmates-to-get-black-and-white-striped-uniforms-orange-is-now-too-cool-sheriff-says/

#10yrsago Back pain: Acetaminophen no better than placebos https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)60805-9/abstract

#10yrsago Report from America’s militarized, constitution-free border-zone https://www.salon.com/2014/07/20/bring_the_battlefield_to_the_border_how_americas_immigration_wars_were_poisoned_by_the_military_industrial_complex/

#10yrsago Family kicked off Denver Southwest flight because Dad tweeted about the rude gate-agent https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/family-asked-to-leave-sw-plane-after-tweet/

#10yrsago Pirate Bay traffic doubles over three years https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-traffic-doubles-despite-isp-blockades-140717/

#10yrsago Comixology adds DRM-free option! Excelsior! https://memex.craphound.com/2014/07/24/comixology-adds-drm-free-option-excelsior/

#5yrsago Share prices slide as DOJ announces sweeping antitrust investigations of Big Tech https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/23/doj-reportedly-to-open-broad-antitrust-review-of-big-tech-tech-stocks-dip.html

#5yrsago AP: the mob who attacked Hong Kong protesters were rural thugs hired by gangsters https://apnews.com/article/4867ea5aafbd45b78eb1747b8b84c04f

#5yrsago A generalized method for re-identifying people in “anonymized” data-sets https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/health/data-privacy-protection.html

#5yrsago William Barr’s terrible, stupid idea to ban working crypto is slightly less terrible and stupid than earlier ideas https://memex.craphound.com/2019/07/24/william-barrs-terrible-stupid-idea-to-ban-working-crypto-is-slightly-less-terrible-and-stupid-than-earlier-ideas/

#5yrsago Because Internet: the new linguistics of informal English https://memex.craphound.com/2019/07/24/because-internet-the-new-linguistics-of-informal-english/

#1yrago Autoenshittification https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/24/rent-to-pwn/#kitt-is-a-demon