obituary R.I.P. Koko, the amazing gorilla who used sign language to communicate with humans Rusty Blazenhoff
tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
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coronavirus Here are the 5 kinds of pandemic villains who are making things worse for the rest of us Mark Frauenfelder
typography Tools to replace swear words with grawlixes: symbols suggesting anger and obscenity Rob Beschizza
police This popular police "mindreading" technique is bullshit — but the things that cops say about it are somehow even worse. Thom Dunn
economics Profile of Mariana Mazzucato, the economist who's swaying both left and right politicians with talk of "the entrepreneurial state" Cory Doctorow
Business Apple's capitulation over Hong Kong protest app isn't new; and the NBA is racing it to the bottom Cory Doctorow
scholarship Training bias in AI "hate speech detector" means that tweets by Black people are far more likely to be censored Cory Doctorow
white power hour Tucker Carlson says blaming white supremacy for mass shootings is a "hoax" Rob Beschizza
china Chinese authorities are secretly installing their anti-Uyghur surveillance app on the phones of tourists to Xinjiang province Cory Doctorow
illegitimate presidents Trump poll numbers went up each time Russian Internet Research Agency Twitter accounts became active: Study Xeni Jardin
happy mutants America's Fiber Future: Susan Crawford on how America's wired future is slipping away Cory Doctorow
