LGBTQ Kickstarter outlines the ambitious plans of Andrea James' Transphobia project Ken Snider

Business US DOD inspector general finds Pentagon decision to award $10B JEDI contract to Microsoft 'consistent' with acquisition standards Xeni Jardin

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

elections Bernie Sanders promises to zero out all US medical debt and end medical bankruptcies Cory Doctorow

politics Why don't more Chinese people oppose the Chinese government? Cory Doctorow

google Deep look at the Googler Uprising, drawing on insider interviews Cory Doctorow

politics White House asks fans to report anti-Trump 'political bias' online Xeni Jardin

Copyfight The EU hired a company that had been lobbying for the Copyright Directive to make a (completely batshit) video to sell the Copyright Directive Cory Doctorow

usausausa DHS plans to use credit-scores to judge who may become a citizen Cory Doctorow

trumpism NYT: Saudi Arabia's Prince Charming was Mister Bone Saw all along Cory Doctorow

gender Here's exactly how to make amends for past biased reporting on transgender people Andrea James

religion Interview: Dr. Karl E H Seigfried talks Ásatrú, Heathenry and beards Seamus Bellamy

politics Jennifer Aniston and Tig Notaro will play POTUS and FLOTUS, respectively, in new political comedy Rusty Blazenhoff

trumpism Even though Trump supporters are impervious to fact-checks on most subjects, they still know that the GOP tax plan is a giveaway to the super-rich Cory Doctorow

wikipedia Can Everipedia remake collaborative encyclopedias to be inclusive and enjoyable? Andrea James

uk Poll has Britons in full-throated approval of Corbynism (if not Corbyn) Cory Doctorow

trump Reuters editor-in-chief instructs journalists on how to cover the new Administration Mark Frauenfelder

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

uk Would-be Ukip leader hospitalised following "altercation" ("punched by a colleague") Cory Doctorow

News #Dallas shooting: 11 police officers shot, 5 killed, 1 civilian injured. 2 shooters made bomb threat. Xeni Jardin