This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017.

#20yrsago Be a crooked CEO for Hallowe’en https://www.forbes.com/2002/10/28/cx_mh_1028halloween.html?sh=7600cc714eeb

#15yrsago BBC exec’s straw-man defence of DRM https://memex.craphound.com/2007/10/30/bbc-execs-straw-man-defence-of-drm/

#10yrsago Kim Stanley Robinson’s 2312: a novel that hints at what we might someday have (and lose) https://memex.craphound.com/2012/10/30/kim-stanley-robinsons-2312-a-novel-that-hints-at-what-we-might-someday-have-and-lose/

#5yrsago The 2-person Montana company Whitefish Energy just lost its $300M contract to fix Puerto Rico’s grid https://web.archive.org/web/20171029180711/https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/29/puerto-ricos-governor-demands-nullification-of-whitefish-energys-300m-power-grid-contract.html

#5yrsago A viral “angriest librarian” explains why America needs libraries now more than ever https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-29/portland-s-angriest-librarian-isn-t-mad-anymore

#5yrsago Universal health care is “free stuff” as in “freedom” https://jacobin.com/2017/10/medicare-for-all-single-payer-freedom

#5yrsago UK Tory aides are circulating a list of accused sexual predators and harassers in Parliament…