This day in history

2003, 2013, 2018.

This weekend (Apr 22/23), I’m at the LA Times Festival of Books.

#20yrsago Madonna diluting own trademark https://memex.craphound.com/2003/04/21/madonna-diluting-own-trademark/

#20yrsago Teresa’s remedial Don’t-Burn-Libraries 101 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/2003_04.html#002590

#10yrsago No, universal daycare doesn’t destroy the national character https://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/apr/21/childcare-expert-jonas-himmelstrand-tories

#5yrsago The world is no longer willing to tolerate the plague of bullshit “agreements” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-20/uber-paypal-face-reckoning-over-opaque-terms-and-conditions

#5yrsago Family-owned Smugmug acquires Flickr, rescuing it from the sinking post-Yahoo ship https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/04/20/smugmug-buys-flickr-verizon-oath/537377002/

#5yrsago World Bank recommends that countries eliminate minimum wage, dismantle wrongful dismissal rules and contractual protections for workers https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/apr/20/world-bank-fewer-regulations-protecting-workers

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