bad neighbors Alex Jones says he's ready to "gut his neighbors, skin them, and chop them up" for food Mark Frauenfelder
Killers hunt Prince Andrew, Brad Pitt’s secret daughter, and George Clooney’s plastic surgery shocker, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Gadgets Ring does not fight crime, say cops in 8 states whose PDs partnered with Amazon-owned home surveillance Xeni Jardin
happy mutants McMansion Hell awards its annual prize for the best gingerbread McMansion! Cory Doctorow
alt-right A former InfoWars employee describes Alex Jones' bizarre and dangerous behavior Mark Frauenfelder
racism Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst Catherynne Valente
Business Amazon's facial recognition fear crusade ramps up: now they're paying Facebook to show you pictures of suspected criminals to scare you into getting a surveillance doorbell Cory Doctorow
Kids Apple removed a teen's award-winning anti-Trump game "Bad Hombre" because they can't tell the difference between apps that criticize racism and racist apps Cory Doctorow
china Human Rights Watch reverse-engineered the app that the Chinese state uses to spy on people in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow
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
christ what an asshole The "Tragedy of the Commons" was invented by a white supremacist based on a false history, and it's toxic bullshit Cory Doctorow
police Felons, Nazis: Michigan is occupied by an army of 3,000 armed, unregulated "police reservists" Cory Doctorow