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This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017.

Cory Doctorow
2 min readNov 15, 2022

#20yrsago Alan Moore’s alternate history of the DC universe https://groups.google.com/g/alt.comics.alan-moore/c/_4ZX7TiexP4/m/tcgegKqWYWMJ

#15yrsago Daily Show writer explains writers’ strike — if digital content isn’t worth anything, how come Viacom is suing YouTube for $1 billion? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzRHlpEmr0w

#10yrsago Cufflinks that open hand-cuffs https://www.sparrowslockpicks.com/products/sparrows-uncuff-link

#5yrsago Congress’s spending proves the GOP believes life begins at conception and ends at birth https://theintercept.com/2017/11/15/new-mothers-program-miechv-republicans-congress/

#5yrsago Motherboard’s excellent, accessible guide to internet security https://www.vice.com/en/article/d3devm/motherboard-guide-to-not-getting-hacked-online-safety-guide

#5yrsago Senate Democrat is about to take the brakes off predatory payday lenders https://www.huffpost.com/entry/payday-lenders-democrats_n_5a0a211ee4b0bc648a0d5325/amp

#5yrsago Teardown of a consumer voice/location cellular spying device that fits in the tip of a USB cable https://ha.cking.ch/s8_data_line_locator/

#5yrsago Social media’s “engagement”-based algorithms are intrinsically hospitable to conspiracies and fake…

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

Written by Cory Doctorow

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