This day in history

2003, 2018.

#20yrsago Rucker reviews Gibson https://www.wired.com/2003/02/logomancer/

#5yrsago Elite Baltimore police unit robbed with impunity, sold guns and drugs, loaned guns and armor to civilians sent to commit robberies https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/us/baltimore-police-corruption.html

#5yrsago Trump wants to cap lifetime Medicaid benefits, even for disabled people, the chronically ill, and people with Alzheimer’s https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article198549039.html

#5yrsago Oklahoma schools go on 4-day weeks so teachers can work at Walmart on Mondays to make rent https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/01/30/whats-the-matter-with-oklahoma

#5yrsago 25 years ago, a mutant American crayfish turned to asexual reproduction, and all of Europe’s lakes are filling up with its clones https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/science/mutant-crayfish-clones-europe.html

#5yrsago California State Senator wants to remake cities with midrises near public transit, but he is facing a wave of nimbyism https://extranewsfeed.com/my-transit-density-bill-sb-827-answering-common-questions-and-debunking-misinformation-226eaa7e1653

#5yrsago Facebook hired a pollster to track Zuck’s public image, but he quit because working for Facebook filled…