This day in history
2003, 2013, 2018, 2022.
I’ll be at the Studio City branch of the LA Public Library on Monday, November 13 at 1830hPT to launch my new novel, The Lost Cause. There’ll be a reading, a talk, a surprise guest (!!) and a signing, with books on sale. Tell your friends! Come on down!
#20yrsago We’ve had Napster since 1909, and the sky still hasn’t fallen http://earlyradiohistory.us/1909musi.htm
#10yrsago Fruitfly evolved pictures of ants on its wings https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/science/fruit-fly-with-the-wings-of-beauty-1.364064/#ixzz2jhxlLGaH
#10yrsago Rich America versus Poor America: stats about the wealth gap https://web.archive.org/web/20131108055750/https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-07/which-america-do-you-live-–-21-hard-believe-facts-about-wealthy-america-and-poor-ame
#10yrsago Letter from a Chinese forced-labor camp found in Kmart Hallowe’en decorations https://consumerist.com/2013/11/07/inside-the-chinese-labor-camp-that-made-halloween-decorations-sold-at-kmart/
#10yrsago Employment advice for Millennials https://medium.com/the-nib/six-totally-easy-tips-for-millennials-to-get-ahead-in-todays-economy-5451617c78de
#10yrsago Burglar surprised to discover the lady he’s robbing is an armed ax-throwing champ https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/ax-wielding-woman-chases-thief-away-in-hemet/
#10yrsago Toronto’s crack-smoking mayor, covered in the style of foreign affairs https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/11/06/canadian-regime-roiled-by-provincial-scandal-sparking-fears-of-instability/
#5yrsago Talking about the DMCA and 20 years of tech law malpractice on PRI’s Marketplace https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/20-year-old-digital-copyright-law-still-being-fought-about-and-copied-today/
#5yrsago Wells Fargo cuts 26,500 jobs, shutters branches, declares “excess capital” and drops $40.6 billion on stock buybacks https://rooseveltinstitute.org/2018/11/07/what-wells-fargos-40-6-billion-in-stock-buybacks-could-have-meant-for-its-employees-and-customers/
#5yrsago 90% of Canadians want to kill future Saudi arms deals https://angusreid.org/saudi-arabia-canada-khashoggi/
#1yrago Tech a la carte https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/08/divisibility/#technognosticism
