This day in history

2001, 2006, 2011, 2020.

#20yrsago Tongan court jester loses millions betting on the deaths of six Americans https://web.archive.org/web/20011224034152/https://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2001/October/10-23-01.htm

#15yrsago Former FCC Chairman shills against Net Neutrality https://web.archive.org/web/20061028043416/https://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/003577.shtml

#15yrsago Warners stiffs African amputee film extras on prosthetics promise https://web.archive.org/web/20061105004400/http://www.nypost.com/seven/10232006/gossip/pagesix/pagesix.htm

#10yrsago Plotting advice for fiction writers https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/013243.html

#10yrsago Densely-linked cluster of 147 companies control 40% of world’s total wealth https://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1107/1107.5728v2.pdf

#1yrago Student loans are dischargeable https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/23/foxconned/#education-benefit

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and blogger. He has a podcast, a newsletter, a Twitter feed, a Mastodon feed, and a Tumblr feed. He was born in Canada, became a British citizen and now lives in Burbank, California. His latest nonfiction book is How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism. His latest novel for adults is…