This day in tech
2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023.
I’m on tour with my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me in Boston (Apr 11) with Randall “XKCD” Munroe, Providence (Apr 12) and beyond!
#20yrsago EZBake Oven for your PC https://web.archive.org/web/20040613185610/http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/ezbake.shtml
#15yrsago Ant slaves’ murderous rebellions https://web.archive.org/web/20090402193006/http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2009/04/the_rebellion_of_the_ant_slaves.php
#10yrsago Rob Ford and Canada’s neoliberal agenda https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/the-passion-of-rob-ford-or-the-neoliberal-making-of-torontos-municipal-crisis/
#10yrsago FCC adds 100MHz of spectrum to the commons https://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/202170-fcc-votes-to-boost-wi-fi/
#10yrsago German labor ministry bans after-hours email from managers to employees https://web.archive.org/web/20140401101146/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/germany-bans-managers-from-calling-or-emailing-staff-after-work-hours/461070-79.html
#10yrsago Bizarre, paranoid warning about imaginary predators choosing victims through bumper-sticker-ology https://www.freerangekids.com/that-sticker-on-my-car-is-not-endangering-me/
#10yrsago The Internet should be treated as a utility: Susan Crawford https://www.vox.com/2014/4/6/5587138/susan-crawford-internet-public-option
#10yrsago Rich, admitted child rapist granted probation because he “would not not fare well” in prison https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2014/03/28/sunday-preview-du-pont-heir-stayed-prison/7016769/
#10yrsago Expiration Day: YA coming of age novel about robots and the end of the human race https://memex.craphound.com/2014/04/01/expiration-day-ya-coming-of-age-novel-about-robots-and-the-end-of-the-human-race/
#5yrsago Internal files reveal how US law enforcement classes anti-fascists as fascists, and actual fascists as “anti-anti-fascists” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/01/intelligence-law-enforcement-report-leftwing-terrorists-charlottesville
#5yrsago Wells Fargo is looking for a new CEO https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/01/investing/wells-fargo-ceo-tim-sloan/index.html
#5yrsago The strange tale of Runescape’s Communist republic https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/29-03-2019/free-armour-trimming-the-communist-revolution-inside-runescape
#5yrsago Slovakia’s first woman president is an anti-corruption, pro-immigrant environmental campaigner https://www.kgou.org/world/2019-03-31/the-erin-brockovich-of-slovakia-is-elected-the-countrys-first-female-president
#5yrsago The weird grift of “sovereign citizens”: where UFOlogy meets antisemitism by way of Cliven Bundy and cat-breeding https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/business/sovereign-citizens-financial-crime.html
#5yrsago Citing transphobic policies, 172+ googlers call for removal of Heritage Foundation from Google’s “Advanced Technology External Advisory Council” https://medium.com/@against.transphobia/googlers-against-transphobia-and-hate-b1b0a5dbf76
#5yrsago America’s best mobile carrier is also the first phone company to back Right to Repair legislation https://www.vice.com/en/article/eveezj/a-cell-phone-carrier-breaks-with-big-telecom-announces-support-for-right-to-repair-legislation
#1yrago Flickr to copyleft trolls: drop dead https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/01/pixsynnussija/#pilkunnussija
