trumpism Sean Spicer claims that Houthi rebel assault on Saudi frigate was an Iranian attack on a US warship Cory Doctorow

politics Broadcasters should time-delay presidential debates, allowing them to mute any outright lies Cory Doctorow

Comics Read the first 10 chapters of my serialized Comic-con satire novel Thom Dunn

tabloids Adjectival overload, and the tabloids finally get one right, in this week’s round-up of the rags Peter Sheridan

Business Demetrification: improving social media by removing public like/follower/repost counts Cory Doctorow

cringey Trump's Fed Reserve nominee squirms on video while trying to defend his racist and misogynist statements Mark Frauenfelder

Copyfight Copyright filters are automatically removing copies of the Mueller Report Cory Doctorow

china Chinese enthusiasts are serving global Thinkpad fans by making modern motherboards that fit in classic chassis from the Golden Age of the Thinkpad Cory Doctorow

racism A black guest of DoubleTree gets kicked out of the hotel for calling his mother in the lobby Carla Sinclair

waves Watch huge waves capsize a boat Rusty Blazenhoff

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

censorship Russia's fumbling, heavy-handed Telegram ban is a perfect parable about the modern internet's promise and peril Cory Doctorow

sexual harassment Notes from the #MeToo march: thoughts and prayers can't right what is wrong Maureen Herman

interviews Interview with Timothy Leary archivist Michael Horowitz Lisa Rein

Business Amazon is the poster child for everything wrong with post-Reagan anti-trust enforcement Cory Doctorow

physics Statue made of bismuth with levitating magnetic cube Mark Frauenfelder

video Surf videos of your kid are really easy to make Jason Weisberger

fake news Forget “alternative facts.” This week’s tabloids shoot for an entire alternate universe Peter Sheridan

Games The 20 games you shouldn't miss in 2016 Brandon Boyer

tech The Digicue: a tiny electronic billiards trainer Michael Borys