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2002, 2007, 2012, 2017

Cory Doctorow
2 min readNov 7, 2022

#20yrsago Oil companies carve up Iraq’s riches https://memex.craphound.com/2002/11/07/oil-companies-carve-up-iraqs-riches/

#15yrsago William Gibson: The Rolling Stone interview https://web.archive.org/web/20071109102756/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/17227831/william_gibson_the_rolling_stone_40th_anniversary_interview/print

#15yrsago MLB rips off fans who bought DRM videos https://joyofsox.blogspot.com/2007/11/mlb-game-downloads-still-inaccessible.html

#15yrsago Bruce Sterling’s Tech Review story, “The Interoperation” https://web.archive.org/web/20071031112611/https://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=19533

#10yrsago Canada gets a huge raft of user-rights in copyright https://web.archive.org/web/20121109140822/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6692/125/

#10yrsago Donald Trump calls for revolutionary overthrow of American government https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/35185641646/if-you-read-this-from-the-bottom-up-you-can-watch

#10yrsago Haunted Mansion “alligator tightrope girl” cosplayer https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlh_lunasea/5697534825/

#5yrsago How I lifehacked my way into a corner…

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

Written by Cory Doctorow

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