This day in history
2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023.
I’m coming to BURNING MAN! On TUESDAY (Aug 27) at 1PM, I’m giving a talk called “DISENSHITTIFY OR DIE!” at PALENQUE NORTE (7&E). On WEDNESDAY (Aug 28) at NOON, I’m doing a “Talking Caterpillar” Q&A at LIMINAL LABS (830&C).
#20yrsago European copyright extension: protecting Elvis to the detriment of everyone else https://web.archive.org/web/20040906201355/http://www.indexonline.org/news/20040812_unitedstates.shtml
#15yrsago Photos of science fiction writers’ nests http://www.whereiwrite.org/index.php
#15yrsago Guerilla gardens in newspaper boxes https://web.archive.org/web/20090806033424/http://www.bladediary.com/flyerplanterboxes-5/
#15yrsago Lethem and EFF on why Google Book Search needs privacy guarantees https://www.npr.org/2009/08/12/111797207/google-deal-with-publishers-raises-privacy-concerns
#15yrsago Movie industry wants the right to take your house off the net without full judicial review https://torrentfreak.com/movie-studios-want-own-version-of-justice-for-3-strikes-090812/
#10yrsago Biology student in Colombia faces jail for reposting scholarly article https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/07/colombian-student-faces-prison-charges-sharing-academic-article-online
#10yrsago Former NSA spook resigns from Naval War College in dick-pic scandal https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/snowden-critic-resigns-naval-war-college-over-online-penis-photo-flap/
#10yrsago Profile of Flickr and Slack founder Stewart Butterfield https://www.wired.com/2014/08/the-most-fascinating-profile-youll-ever-read-about-a-guy-and-his-boring-startup/
#10yrsago DOJ slams Riker’s Island for horrific violence against young inmates https://www.techdirt.com/2014/08/11/doj-report-details-massive-amount-violence-committed-rikers-island-staff-against-adolescent-inmates/
#10yrsago Profiles of brutalized laborers building Abu Dhabi’s Louvre and Guggenheim https://web.archive.org/web/20140806033053/https://www.vice.com/read/slaves-of-happiness-island-0000412-v21n8
#10yrsago NZ TV won’t air ads for geo-unblocking ISP https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/mediaworks-joins-sky-tvnz-in-banning-slingshot-ads/QI7UJYTMZBALFI6E7W32WYYMTU/?c_id=3&objectid=11304231
#10yrsago Weaseling about surveillance, Australian Attorney General attains bullshit Singularity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw1ryLGs2ws
#5yrsago WordPress is buying Tumblr https://www.axios.com/2019/08/12/verizon-tumblr-wordpress-automattic
#5yrsago Your phone is a crimewave in your pocket, and it’s all the fault of greedy carriers and complicit regulators https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/08/who-owns-your-wireless-service-crooks-do/
#5yrsago The real meaning of plantation tours: American Downton Abbey vs American Horror Story https://afroculinaria.com/2019/08/09/dear-disgruntled-white-plantation-visitors-sit-down/
#5yrsago New York City raised minimum wage to $15, and its restaurants outperformed the nation https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a6170fa466dd7c8eed0aab6be/files/b2f3acd5-3884-42a7-a0bf-fa410b2b6544/Final_CNYCA_NELP_NYC_Min_Wage_Restaurants.pdf?mc_cid=5ce3fba121
#5yrsago Prior to Amazon acquisition, Ring offered “swag” to customers who snitched on their neighbors https://www.vice.com/en/article/ring-told-people-to-snitch-on-their-neighbors-in-exchange-for-free-stuff/
#5yrsago Stephen Wolfram recounts the entire history of mathematics in 90 minutes https://soundcloud.com/stephenwolfram/a-very-brief-history-of-mathematics
#5yrsago All flights in and out of Hong Kong canceled as protesters flood the airport https://x.com/erinhale/status/1160786319804493827
#5yrsago Rule of Capture: Inside the martial law tribunals that will come when climate deniers become climate looters and start rendering environmentalists for offshore torture https://memex.craphound.com/2019/08/12/rule-of-capture-inside-the-martial-law-tribunals-that-will-come-when-climate-deniers-become-climate-looters-and-start-rendering-environmentalists-for-offshore-torture/
#1yrago Paying consumer debts is basically optional in the United States https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/12/do-not-pay/#fair-debt-collection-practices-act
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