This day in history

2009, 2014, 2019, 2023.

I’m on tour with my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me TONIGHT (May 3) in CALGARY, and TOMORROW (May 4) in VANCOUVER, and then Tartu, Estonia, and beyond!

#15yrsago Merck and Elsevier publish fake peer-reviewed journal https://web.archive.org/web/20090504075453/http://blog.bioethics.net/2009/05/merck-makes-phony-peerreview-journal/

#15yrsago Apple’s censors remove NiN app and Anda’s Game from iPhone store, citing “objectionable content” https://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/05/03/029249/apple-rejects-nine-inch-nails-iphone-app

#10yrsago Political TV advertising in the USA: scofflaw broadcasters hide the dark money of political influence https://sunlightfoundation.com/2014/05/01/how-tv-stations-are-letting-advertisers-play-hide-and-seek/

#10yrsago Telcos gave spies unfettered, deep, warrantless access to Canadians’ digital lives https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2014/05/canadian-mirror-network-data/

#5yrsago Tumblr is for sale…again https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/2/18527177/verizon-seeking-tumblr-sale-rumor-blogging

#5yrsago Elizabeth Warren proposes debt relief for Puerto Ricohttps://medium.com/@teamwarren/my-plan-to-provide-comprehensive-debt-relief-to-puerto-rico-f8b575a81b06

#5yrsago Trump’s former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has joined Boeing’s Board of Directors https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/aviation/441705-nikki-haley-joins-boeing-board/

#1yrago Oops! All linkdump! https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/02/wunderkammer/#jubillee