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2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021.

Cory Doctorow
2 min readNov 13, 2022

#20yrsago Argentina: stranger than fiction https://infinitematrix.net/columns/sterling/sterling54.html

#15yrsago JK Rowling sues to stop publication of Potter reference book https://web.archive.org/web/20071115040824/http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/11/13/harry_potter/

#15yrsago Gitmo operating manual leak https://web.archive.org/web/20071216093109/https://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Gitmo-sop.pdf

#15yrsago Magic and Showmanship: Classic book about conjuring has many lessons for writers https://memex.craphound.com/2007/11/13/magic-and-showmanship-classic-book-about-conjuring-has-many-lessons-for-writers/

#10yrsago UPS to Scouts: no more money until you drop anti-gay policy https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2012/11/12/ups-cuts-funding-to-boy-scouts-over.html

#10yrsago Wall Street is not made up of “numbers guys” https://scienceblogs.com/principles/2012/11/12/financiers-still-arent-rocket-scientists

#10yrsago Tune: Derek Kirk Kim’s alien abduction romcom https://memex.craphound.com/2012/11/13/tune-derek-kirk-kims-alien-abduction-romcom/

#5yrsago One week after release, iPhone X’s Face ID reportedly defeated by a $150 mask…

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

Written by Cory Doctorow

Writer, blogger, activist. Blog: https://pluralistic.net; Mailing list: https://pluralistic.net/plura-list; Mastodon: @pluralistic@mamot.fr

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