Business Amazon's staffing up a news vertical full of crime stories designed to scare you into buying a spying, snitching "smart" doorbell Cory Doctorow

Business Blizzard/Activision celebrates record revenues by laying off 800 employees Cory Doctorow

trumpism Shutdowns don’t get bad linearly; they get bad exponentially Cory Doctorow

usausausa Austin bombings: literal American carnage meets with Trumpian indifference Cory Doctorow

Business Trumpcare added $33B to government healthcare spending, in order to cover 8.9m fewer Americans, who will pay more for less Cory Doctorow

class war Kimberly Clark says the Trump tax-cuts let it fire 5,500 US workers and pay out dividends to its shareholders Cory Doctorow

Science IPCC climate report is most urgent yet Cory Doctorow

crime The first mass shooting in US history David Pescovitz

mental illness It’s Mental Health Awareness Month: Trumpcare’s dangerous impact on mental health care Maureen Herman

economics The Minnesotan left-wing economic miracle continues, while neighboring Republican states slowly collapse Cory Doctorow

picks Trump cranks up the crazy to 11 in this ABC interview. Highlights and full transcript. Xeni Jardin

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Reviews Krampus trashes the horror potential of traditional mythology in a film that's neither funny nor scary Al Ridenour

The charley horse from Hell — why you should work at a standing desk Gammy Hamhock