This day in history
2003, 2013, 2018, 2022.
#20yrsago Altrustic routers would optimize the Internet https://web.archive.org/web/20030201000000*/http://rss.com.com/2100-1033-984694.html
#10yrsago Economic recovery in the US actually made 99% of Americans poorer, top 1% captured 121% of gains https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/02/yes-virginia-the-rich-continue-to-get-richer-the-1-got-121-of-income-gains-since-2009.html
#5yrsago The independent experts who favorably evaluated Facebook’s “Messenger Kids” were funded by Facebook https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-funds-its-favorite-experts-but-skirts-tough-critics/
#5yrsago Judge slams ICE for targeting migrants based on their political opposition to ICE https://shadowproof.com/2018/02/09/first-amendment-lawsuit-ice-targets-immigrant-rights-groups-activists-political-speech/
#5yrsago The pharma billionaires whose family company created the opioid epidemic are disintegrating into a bickering mess https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/13/meet-the-sacklers-the-family-feuding-over-blame-for-the-opioid-crisis
#5yrsago London demonstrates the stupid, janky future of Smart Cities https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/02/stupid-cities/553052/
#5yrsago The West Virginia Democrat candidate who was dragged away for calling out gas-money-dependent lawmakers has raised record-breaking sums https://theintercept.com/2018/02/13/candidate-thrown-out-of-west-virginia-legislature-for-reading-off-fossil-fuel-donors-raises-historic-sum-of-campaign-money/
#1yrago McKinsey For Kids (no, really) https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/15/management-jesuits/#pmc-jr
Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and blogger. He has a podcast, a newsletter, a Twitter feed, a Mastodon feed, and a Tumblr feed. He was born in Canada, became a British citizen and now lives in Burbank, California. His latest nonfiction book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), a book about artistic labor market and excessive buyer power. His latest novel for adults is Attack Surface. His latest short story collection is Radicalized. His latest picture book is Poesy the Monster Slayer. His latest YA novel is Pirate Cinema. His latest graphic novel is In Real Life. His forthcoming books include Red Team Blues, a noir thriller about cryptocurrency, corruption and money-laundering (Tor, 2023); and The Lost Cause, a utopian post-GND novel about truth and reconciliation with white nationalist militias (Tor, 2023).
