This day in history

2009, 2014, 2019, 2023.

This weekend (November 8–10), I’ll be in Tucson, AZ: I’m the Guest of Honor at the TusCon science fiction convention.

#15yrsago Corporate law firm targets whistle-blowers and anonymous commenters https://www.business-live.co.uk/professional-services/birmingham-wragge-team-focus-online-3938930

#15yrsago Teen sex belongs in teen lit https://web.archive.org/web/20091110003113/http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2009/11/cory-doctorow-teen-sex.html

#15yrsago Pigeons From Hell: Robert E Howard’s classic horror story adapted for comics by Joe R Lansdale https://memex.craphound.com/2009/11/06/pigeons-from-hell-robert-e-howards-classic-horror-story-adapted-for-comics-by-joe-r-lansdale/

#15yrsago Leaked text of secret copyright treaty vs. bland bureaucratic press-release describing same https://web.archive.org/web/20091108115049/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4516/125/

#10yrsago Pennsylvania passes a “Gag Mumia” law to silence prisoner’s voices https://kersplebedeb.com/posts/the-gag-mumia-law/

#5yrsago T-Mobile: because we have a (stupid) trademark on one magenta shade, no one can use pink in their logos https://adage.com/article/digital/t-mobile-says-it-owns-exclusive-rights-color-magenta/2212556

#5yrsago Two years ago, Juli Briskman was fired for flipping off the Trump motorcade; now she’s been elected as a Virginia county supervisor https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/the-cyclist-who-flipped-off-trumps-motorcade-is-running-for-public-office/2018/09/11/c12cc2d2-b5dc-11e8-a7b5-adaaa5b2a57f_story.html

#1yrago Amazon is a ripoff https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/06/attention-rents/#consumer-welfare-queens