trumpism The DoJ's top crypto warrior wants "strong" encryption that he can break at will Cory Doctorow

politics Carl Bernstein: Trump 'delusional' & danger to national security — McMaster, Tillerson, Bolton, Mattis, Kelly Xeni Jardin

music There's actually an interesting (and obsessive) story behind Wheatus's "Teenage Dirtbag" Thom Dunn

censorship Georgia college students started burning books because someone called them white Thom Dunn

Science For the first time, pigs have been filmed using tools John Struan

art A lovely film of spinning tops by Charles and Ray Eames David Pescovitz

yolo Furries deplatform Milo Rob Beschizza

normalizing racism Ex-GOP staffer who racially assaulted black woman and wrote for white supremacist site VDare now writes for WSJ, Forbes Xeni Jardin

politics Broke Milo Yiannopoulos banned from Patreon after one single day Xeni Jardin

hate speech Twitter says it's ok to compare Jews to insects, for now Mark Frauenfelder

fake news Tabloids turn on Trump, Brad and Jen reunite, and Natalie Wood’s death mystery solved, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

News 'VIOLENT EXTREMISM': Former Homeland Security official linked to white supremacists, per reports Xeni Jardin

Business Open offices sap collaboration and productivity, reducing face-to-face time by 70% Andrea James

phallophobia Big blue penis painted legally on the side of building shocks Stockholm residents, who demand it be taken down Carla Sinclair

happy mutants New York Federal judge rules that embedding tweets can violate copyright law Cory Doctorow

Business The independent experts who favorably evaluated Facebook's "Messenger Kids" were funded by Facebook Cory Doctorow

trumpism Rumour mill says that the Mercers are going to axe Bannon from Breitbart over "Fire and Fury" remarks Cory Doctorow

newsroom rules A reporter’s-eye view of editing Rob Beschizza

media Breitbart plotted to ruin Twitter, emails show Rob Beschizza

News GOP abandons vote on health care repeal after CBO predicts 22 million would lose insurance Xeni Jardin