This day in history

2002, 2012, 2017.

#20yrsago How the EU’s DMCA will change the UK https://web.archive.org/web/20020824105943/http://www.stand.org.uk/weblog/archive/2002/08/21/000243.php

#10yrsago Epic doggerel about bad blog-comment behavior http://dreamcafe.com/2012/08/21/john-scalzis-blog/

#5yrsago OCTOBER: China Mieville’s novelistic history of the Russian revolution https://memex.craphound.com/2017/08/22/october-china-mievilles-novelistic-history-of-the-russian-revolution/

#5yrsago Researchers can take over domestic and industrial robots to spy and maim https://www.wired.com/story/watch-robot-hacks-spy-sabotage/

#5yrsago Calgary airport regrets converting disabled parking spaces into “Lexus only” parking spaces https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4255651

#5yrsago The Trump family’s holidays and business trips have used up the entire Secret Service budget https://www.vice.com/en/article/nee7xm/the-trumps-have-maxed-out-the-secret-services-budget-vgtrn

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