This day in history

2011, 2016, 2020

#10yrsago German cops call airport full-body pornoscanners “useless,” EU requires opt out from scanning https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/08/german_police_c.html

#10yrsago Write an adventure novel in three days, the Michael Moorcock way https://web.archive.org/web/20110705155756/http://www.wetasphalt.com/?q=content/how-write-book-three-days-lessons-michael-moorcock

#10yrsago HTTPS Everywhere goes 1.0: make your browser support secure connections when they’re available https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2011/08/04

#5yrsago Vocal fry, uptalking, nasal: women’s voices can never be “right” https://www.thecut.com/2016/07/female-voice-anxiety-c-v-r.html

#5yrsago The Vlogbrothers guide to voting in every state in the union https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8spm2Qh60U4

#5yrsago Bureaucrats disqualify Hong Kong legislative candidates for insufficient loyalty https://globalvoices.org/2016/08/05/hong-kong-election-officials-disqualify-six-legislative-candidates-for-not-being-loyal-enough-to-china/

#1yrago Qanon is magical thinking https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/05/behavioral-v-contextual/#magical-thinking

#1yrago Cori Bush triumphs in Missouri…