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This day in history

2012, 2017, 2021.

Cory Doctorow
2 min readAug 17, 2022

#10yrsago RIAA budget shrinks nearly 50% over two years https://torrentfreak.com/riaa-revenue-dwindles-as-labels-cut-back-120817/

#10yrsago Major American firms pay more in CEO compensation than they do in fed tax https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0817/Companies-paid-CEOs-more-than-they-paid-in-taxes

#10yrsago Batman Earth One: rebooting the bat https://memex.craphound.com/2012/08/17/batman-earth-one-rebooting-the-bat/

#5yrsago Steve Bannon calls left-wing reporter out of the blue and unloads on alt-right and GOP https://prospect.org/power/steve-bannon-unrepentant/

#5yrsago Homeopathic infant teething products contain dangerous levels of deadly nightshade https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/fda-slams-more-homeopaths-for-playing-fast-and-loose-with-toxic-chemicals/

#5yrsago Texas Republicans will now require women to carry “rape insurance” if they need abortions https://www.vice.com/en/article/paaga8/texas-women-will-now-be-forced-to-take-out-rape-insurance-for-abortion

#5yrsago Charlottesville white supremacist strips off uniform and insists it’s just for lulz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnXBeQwmmrc

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

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