law Judge to Facebook: stop deliberately misinterpreting my privacy rulings Cory Doctorow

education Boston Police Union throws a tantrum over Black Lives Matter at school week Thom Dunn

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

religion High school will require mandatory drug tests for students David Pescovitz

privacy The top FBI lawyer who tried to force Apple to backdoor its crypto now says working crypto is essential to public safety and national security Cory Doctorow

wikipedia Someone at the NRA has been quietly editing Holocaust Denial articles on Wikipedia Thom Dunn

monopolism Bill Gates: if we break up Big Tech, we'll just have more bad companies Cory Doctorow

class war Uber general counsel threatens California: pass a law that makes drivers into employees and we'll spend $60m on a ballot initiative to overturn it Cory Doctorow

security You have the right to remain encrypted Albert Fox Cahn & Ayyan Zubair

summer reading list Ask Reddit: "What book f*cked you up mentally?" Mark Frauenfelder

china Human Rights Watch reverse-engineered the app that the Chinese state uses to spy on people in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow

politics Barr: We'll release the Mueller report in a week but first we gotta color code it and redact the bad stuff Xeni Jardin

education What's wrong with blaming "information" for political chaos Cory Doctorow

floss Electronic Health Records: a murderous, publicly subsidized, $13B/year grift by way of shitty software Cory Doctorow

politics Nancy Pelosi: 'What does Putin have on Trump, politically, personally or financially?' Xeni Jardin

late stage capitalism Most Americans want a 70% tax rate on earnings over $10,000,000 Cory Doctorow

News After Comey firing, FBI began investigating if Trump was working for Russia Xeni Jardin

News FCC closed due to government shutdown, Ajit Pai won't be at CES Xeni Jardin

Copyfight Adam Ruins Big Tech: how monopolies, DRM, EULAs, and predatory tactics have delivered our dystopian future Cory Doctorow

News Trump ex-attorney Michael Cohen sentenced: 3 years prison, $500,000 forfeiture, $1.4 million restitution, $50,000 fine Xeni Jardin