This day in history
2004, 2009, 2019, 2023.
On September 24th, I’ll be speaking in person at the Boston Public Library!
#20yrsago Computer industry to entertainment industry: we lied (right on!) https://www.ecyrd.com/ButtUgly/Wiki.jsp?page=Main_blogentry_210904_1
#20yrsago Weinberger: “free access to every work of creativity in the world is a better world” https://web.archive.org/web/20040924042126/http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/mtarchive/003080.html
#20yrsago Elvis Costello disclaims antipiracy warnings on his own CD https://web.archive.org/web/20040924000229/http://www.sciencefictiontwin.com/blog/2004/09/elvis-costello-on-anti-piracy.asp
#15yrsago Oligarch’s yacht has a laser anti-photo screen https://www.wired.com/2009/09/russian-billionaire-installs-anti-photo-shield-on-giant-yacht/
#15yrsago Jack Kirby estate will wrest copyrights back from Disney-Marvel https://archive.nytimes.com/mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/in-wake-of-disney-marvel-deal-cartoonists-heirs-seek-to-reclaim-rights/?hp
#15yrsago FCC chairman promises net neutrality except that Hollywood can spy on you and screw up your net connection if it wants to https://web.archive.org/web/20090924234046/http://openinternet.gov/read-speech.html
#15yrsago White Sands, Red Menace: Atomic age historical sf novel for young people that is sweet, sneaky, and exciting https://memex.craphound.com/2009/09/21/white-sands-red-menace-atomic-age-historical-sf-novel-for-young-people-that-is-sweet-sneaky-and-exciting/
#5yrsago Why do people believe the Earth is flat? https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-why-do-people-believe-the-earth-is-flat/
#5yrsago Banksy celebrates the erasure of his Brexit mural: “I guess a big white flag says it just as well” https://www.instagram.com/p/B2UFBFYH_XE/?utm_source=ig_embed&img_index=1
#5yrsago Ed Snowden says he’ll stand trial and even go to prison in the USA if he can have a public trial and mount a public interest defense https://www.cbsnews.com/news/edward-snowden-nsa-cbs-this-morning-interview-today-2019-09-16/
#5yrsago On Fire: Naomi Klein’s book is a time-series of the shift from climate denial to nihilism to Green New Deal hope https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2019-09-19/on-fire-by-naomi-klein-green-new-deal
#5yrsago Bill Gates: if we break up Big Tech, we’ll just have more bad companies https://memex.craphound.com/2019/09/21/bill-gates-if-we-break-up-big-tech-well-just-have-more-bad-companies/
#5yrsago Propublica finds millions of Americans’ medical images and data sitting on unprotected, publicly accessible servers https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/millions-of-americans-medical-images-and-data-are-available-on-the-internet/
#5yrsago Republic of Lies: the rise of conspiratorial thinking and the actual conspiracies that fuel it https://memex.craphound.com/2019/09/21/republic-of-lies-the-rise-of-conspiratorial-thinking-and-the-actual-conspiracies-that-fuel-it/
#1yrago “Efficiency” left the Big Three vulnerable to smart UAW tactics https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/21/eight-and-skate/#strike-to-rule
