This day in history

2009, 2019, 2023.

#15yrsago Notes from a news-site paywall attempt https://lancewiggs.com/2009/11/29/2134-nbrs-performance-since-the-wall/

#15yrsago Iain Banks and other prominent Scots call for reform of Royal Bank of Scotland: “Royal Bank of Sustainability” https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/nov/29/iain-banks-royal-bank-scotland

#15yrsago High-mag pollen photos highlight the invisible beauty of plants’ reproductive spritz https://web.archive.org/web/20091120085200/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/12/pollen/oeggerli-photography

#5yrsago Italian cops raid neo-Nazis, find rifles, swords and Nazi literature https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50590924.amp

#5yrsago Writer asks for an exclusive trademark on the use of the word “dark” in “Series of fiction works, namely, novels and books” https://twitter.com/Catrambo/status/1200060433216004096

#5yrsago Defense contractors gleefully report record earnings in divisions that bid on “classified” projects, the fastest-growing part of the Pentagon’s budget https://www.defenseone.com/business/2019/10/secret-pentagon-spending-rising-and-defense-firms-are-cashing/160802/

#5yrsago Meet the Krazy Klown Kavalcade of racists, homophobes, islamophobes and transphobes serving as appointed South Carolina magistrates https://www.propublica.org/article/he-defended-the-confederate-flag-and-insulted-immigrants-now-hes-a-judge#172036

#1yrago Sponsored listings are a ripoff…for sellers https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/29/aethelred-the-unready/#not-one-penny-for-tribute