crime Tip: Don't shoplift when store is holding 'Shop With A Cop' event David Pescovitz

Chaos in America, O.J. Simpson framed by cops, and Brad Pitt’s saggy butt, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

kitchens It's a weird time for Architectural Digest to post a video about celebrities' well-stocked kitchens Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Coronavirus can make you fat, the Queen is still dying, and a sex tape nightmare, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants Tpmfail: a timing attack that can extract keys from secure computing chips in 4-20 minutes Cory Doctorow

tabloids How Mafia Killed the Pope, Meghan & Harry quit the Royal Family, and the Obamas divorce, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics Boris Johnson's own brother quits his floundering government Rob Beschizza

happy mutants SAMBA versus SMB: Adversarial interoperability is judo for network effects Cory Doctorow

Business Facebook totally blew its own 'we banned the bad guys' PR stunt Xeni Jardin

law FTC fines app TikTok/Musical.ly $5.7 million for child data privacy violations Xeni Jardin

Copyfight Europeans! Tell your MEPs that your vote depends on their rejection of #Article13! Cory Doctorow

scholarship Despite public pledges, leading scientific journals still allow statistical misconduct and refuse to correct it Cory Doctorow

climate How to think about climate change and "cost-benefit analysis" Cory Doctorow

News Campbell Soup Co. fires exec who tweeted racist Soros #MigrantCaravan conspiracy Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants John Scalzi wrote a science fiction story about the DMCA to help EFF's Right to Repair campaign Cory Doctorow

gaming What's new in tabletop gaming? (April edition) Gareth Branwyn

addiction Public ignorance about “drunk/drugged up losers” is expensive and deadly Maureen Herman

fake news Hillary Clinton’s funeral plans, and how to be like Donald Trump, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

meltdown What Ken Thompson's seminal (terrifying!) "On Trusting Trust" tells us about the Spectre and Meltdown bugs Cory Doctorow

politics Casual sexism, British-style, in the Houses of Parliament Rob Beschizza