This day in history

2008, 2018.

This Saturday (19 Aug), I’m appearing at the San Diego Union-Tribune Festival of Books. I’m on a 2:30PM panel called “Return From Retirement,” followed by a signing:

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/festivalofbooks

#15yrsago Olympic logo cops enforce stupid rules with masking tape https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121885240984946511

#15yrsago Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of American Empire” graphic novel https://memex.craphound.com/2008/08/18/howard-zinns-a-peoples-history-of-american-empire-graphic-novel/

#5yrsago Spider Robinson’s joke https://memex.craphound.com/2018/08/18/spider-robinsons-joke/

#5yrsago Antivirus maker Sentinelone uses copyright claims to censor video of security research that revealed defects in its products https://www.theregister.com/2018/08/18/sentinelone_bsides_copyright_takedown/

#5yrsago Catholic League insists that it’s only rape when priests “penetrate” children https://web.archive.org/web/20180819033638/http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2018/08/catholic-league-on-predatory-priests-its-not-rape-if-the-child-isnt-penetrated/

#5yrsago Criminals have perfected the art of taking over dead peoples’ online accounts…