This day in history

2009, 2014, 2019, 2023.

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#15yrsago Gigantic study of UK CCTVs find that they should be used in parking lots, scrapped elsewhere https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/may/18/cctv-crime-police

#15yrsago Montreal cop cuffs, busts and fines student $450 for not holding escalator rail in subway https://web.archive.org/web/20090517012200/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090515.wescalator16/BNStory/National/home

#10yrsago How advocacy beat ACTA in Europe https://web.archive.org/web/20140522133328/http://jip.vmhost.psu.edu/ojs/index.php/jip/article/view/168

#5yrsago Elizabeth Warren proposes legislation to enshrine Roe v Wade in Federal law and guarantee reproductive health care in all insurance plans https://medium.com/@teamwarren/congressional-action-to-protect-choice-aaf94ed25fb5

#5yrsago Europe’s top trustbuster thinks it’ll be impossible to break up Facebook https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/eu-competition-commissioner-facebook-breakup-would-be-last-resort/#ftag=CAD590a51e

#1yrago The IRS will do your taxes for you (if that’s what you prefer) https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/17/free-as-in-freefile/#tell-me-something-i-dont-know