This day in history

2014, 2019, 2023.

Cory Doctorow
1 min readAug 19, 2024

I’m coming to BURNING MAN! On TUESDAY (Aug 27) at 1PM, I’m giving a talk called “DISENSHITTIFY OR DIE!” at PALENQUE NORTE (7&E). On WEDNESDAY (Aug 28) at NOON, I’m doing a “Talking Caterpillar” Q&A at LIMINAL LABS (830&C).

#10yrsago WWII’s VD posters: exciting nexus of propaganda, Mad Men, gender and design https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/08/15/protect-yourself/

#10yrsago Great mistakes in English medieval architecture https://stainedglassattitudes.wordpress.com/2014/08/10/great-mistakes-in-english-medieval-architecture/

#10yrsago A prison visit with The Pirate Bay’s Peter “brokep” Sunde https://felixreda.eu/2014/08/prison-is-a-bit-like-copyright-peter-sunde/

#10yrsago Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? https://memex.craphound.com/2014/08/18/whatever-happened-to-the-world-of-tomorrow/

#5yrsago A new biography reveals the Koch brothers’ very early role in creating organized climate denial https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/kochland-examines-how-the-koch-brothers-made-their-fortune-and-the-influence-it-bought

#1yrago “Open” “AI” isn’t https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/18/openwashing/#you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

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