This day in history

2006, 2011, 2016, 2020.

Cory Doctorow
2 min readNov 9, 2021

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#15yrsago Why Zune shouldn’t pay blood money to Universal https://cdm.link/2006/11/universal-microsoft-screw-over-artists-set-absurd-and-dangerous-precedent-with-zune/#more-1719

#10yrsago Policy-by-nudging unsupported by evidence, and undemocratic https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228376-500-nudge-policies-are-another-name-for-coercion/

#10yrsago Occupy Atlanta encamps on lawn of house under foreclosure threat https://web.archive.org/web/20111109225513/https://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/11/08/363692/occupy-atlanta-encamps-in-neighborhood-to-save-police-officers-home-from-foreclosure/

#10yrsago Ben from Ben and Jerry’s serves ice-cream to Occupiers https://secure.flickr.com/photos/62159569@N08/6324830762/in/pool-41894168726@N01

#5yrsago A history of Chinese science fiction, from 475 BC to Cixin Liu https://mithilareview.com/wang_11_16/

#5yrsago How Audi cheated emissions tests: if (steering) then (pollute) https://jalopnik.com/america-figured-out-a-new-way-audi-cheated-on-emissions-1788630969

#5yrsago A lightbulb worm could take over every smart light in a city in minutes https://eyalro.net/project/iotworm.html

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