This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021.

#20yrsago Photos from the Barney vs. Wil Wheaton EFF benefit https://web.archive.org/web/20021003093411/https://david.weekly.org/pictures/?pd=barney

#15yrsago TSA steals traveler’s pudding, leaves him armed with knife https://web.archive.org/web/20070824175004/https://consumerist.com/consumer/security-theater/tsa-confiscates-pudding-misses-knife-292662.php

#10yrsago Twisted Sister frontman denounces Paul Ryan’s use of “We’re Not Going to Take It” https://web.archive.org/web/20120829210416/https://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/dee-snider-to-tpm-were-not-gonna-take-paul-ryans-use-of-my-music.php

#10yrsago The coming civil war over general purpose computing https://memex.craphound.com/2012/08/23/the-coming-civil-war-over-general-purpose-computing/

#10yrsago Ayn Rand as Paul Ryan’s biographer https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2012-08-21/what-ayn-rand-taught-paul-ryan

#10yrsago The Dictator’s Practical Guide to Internet Power Retention, Global Edition https://web.archive.org/web/20120826043050/http://pwd.io/guide/

#10yrsago China’s one-percenters make ready to take the money and run https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2012/08/rich-chinese-flee/