This day in history
2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021.
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#20yrsago Get Your Exx On https://web.archive.org/web/20020813140423/http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war13.html
#15yrsago Alice in Sunderland: the weirdest graphic novel I’ve ever enjoyed https://memex.craphound.com/2007/08/09/alice-in-sunderland-the-weirdest-graphic-novel-ive-ever-enjoyed/
#15yrsago CBC blogging policy isn’t their policy https://web.archive.org/web/20071017093732/http://www.insidethecbc.com/blogrules2
#15yrsago How AT&T fought for privacy — 80 years ago https://web.archive.org/web/20070907091402/http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005397.php
#15yrsago Universal goes DRM-free https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/10/business/10music.html
#15yrsago Plastic bags are devourng the planet https://www.salon.com/2007/08/10/plastic_bags/
#10yrsago Former MPAA CTO who switched sides explains to the White House why SOPA is stupid https://www.techdirt.com/2012/08/08/former-mpaa-cto-tells-white-house-why-sopa-is-wrong-approach-ip-enforcement/
#10yrsago Mexican-US illegal migration has been largely static since the 1950s https://paw.princeton.edu/article/crisis-contrived
#10yrsago Slick anti-corruption video takes on US copyright system https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/anonymous-donors-bring-hollywood-production-values-to-anti-mpaa-video/
#10yrsago Chinese cops treat kidnapping as a routine form of largely acceptable debt-collection https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/08/chinas-police-think-hostages-arent-their-problem/
#5yrsago Foxconn has a long history of lying about its plans to open plants and create jobs https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/08/foxconns-con-seeking-whopping-subsidies-for-wisconsin-michigan-manufacturing-jobs-if-they-happen.html
#5yrsago India censors access to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/india-bans-wayback-machine-makes-it-harder-to-catch-liars-on-internet-1028631-2017-08-08
#5yrsago Man, cops sure do love calling their surveillance programs “Skynet” https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvvdev/the-police-loves-naming-its-spying-tools-skynet
