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This day in history

2002, 2012, 2017, 2021.

Cory Doctorow
2 min readMay 5, 2022

#20yrsago Shopsin’s Restaurant finally allows a review https://web.archive.org/web/20020426044055/http://www.newyorker.com/printable/?fact/020415fa_FACT

#10yrsago Lost trove of D&D co-creator unearthed, up for auction https://www.wired.com/2012/05/geekdad-exclusive-auction-preview-of-dd-co-creators-personal-collection-and-archives-games-secrets-to-be-revealed/

#10yrsago Jonathan Lethem discusses his tribute to Talking Heads’ Fear of Music https://www.wired.com/2012/05/jonathan-lethem-fear-of-music/

#10yrsago Aerial view of Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion facade and ride-building https://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/2012/05/ghostland-around-us-beneath-us.html

#10yrsago UK nightclub bouncers demanding access to your Facebook profile as a condition of entry https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-17930370

#10yrsago Tribute to Disneyland’s “secret restroom” http://www.secretrestroom.com/

#5yrsago Teacher: Jostens Yearbook is a giant scam that stole from our school for years https://np.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/694yxi/jostens_yearbooks_scammed_our_high_school_for/

#5yrsago Flint threatens to take away 8,000 families’ homes for failure to pay bills for poisoned water…

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

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