This day in history
2004, 2014, 2019, 2023.
Berliners: Otherland has added a second date (Jan 28) for my book-talk after the first one sold out — book now!
#20yrsago Get Your State of the Union On https://web.archive.org/web/20040125025227/http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war31.html
#20yrsago Cambodian hybrid motorcycle/WiFi network https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/26/business/technology-e-mail-on-wheels.html
#10yrsago Study: French three-strikes law did not deter or reduce piracy https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2380522
#10yrsago European Court of Human Rights will hear case about GCHQ spying https://www.privacynotprism.org.uk/news/2014/01/24/british-government-to-answer-fast-track-spy-challenge/
#10yrsago Cthulhoid damask wallpaper (also fabric & wrapping paper) https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/2037672-i-love-craft-cthulhu-damask-by-rosalarian
#5yrsago “Slow multitasking” is the good kind of multitasking https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_harford_a_powerful_way_to_unleash_your_natural_creativity/transcript
#5yrsago Even as Google was making nice during employee walkout, it was secretly asking the Trump administration to ban email labor organizing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-24/google-urged-the-u-s-to-limit-protection-for-activist-workers
#5yrsago Denver’s legendary Tattered Cover bookstore “breaks up” with Audible https://www.tatteredcover.com/dear-audible
#5yrsago Emboldened by the LA teachers’ “blue state” victory, Denver’s teachers declare strike https://www.democracynow.org/2019/1/23/a_blue_state_teacher_rebellion_denver
#5yrsago German Minister of Justice to receive the largest EU petition in history, opposing Article 13 of the Copyright Directive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwj-hDvJWM8
#1yrago How Facebook’s Real Names policy helps Cambodia’s thin-skinned dictator terrorize dissenters https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/25/nationalize-moderna/#hun-sen
#1yrago The public paid for “Moderna’s” vaccine, and now we’re going to pay again (and again and again) https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/25/nationalize-moderna/#herd-immunity
I’m Kickstarting the audiobook for The Bezzle, the sequel to Red Team Blues, narrated by Wil Wheaton! You can pre-order the audiobook and ebook, DRM free, as well as the hardcover, signed or unsigned. There’s also bundles with Red Team Blues in ebook, audio or paperback.
