surveillance London cops are subjecting people in the centre of town to facial recognition today and tomorrow Cory Doctorow

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music Meeting Little Richard at his old Hyatt haunt David Katznelson

books Ray Bradbury's captivating explanation of his Mr. Electrico character's uncanny origins David Pescovitz

tabloids Worst Royal crisis ever spells the end of the monarchy, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn

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novels Review: "The Nobody People" is like a literary X-Men novel for the Trump era Thom Dunn

trumpism Betsy DeVos quietly spends millions to promote the unpopular policies she hopes to enact as a federal official Cory Doctorow

makers My top ten maker tips for 2019 Gareth Branwyn

tabloids End of the British monarchy, FBI’s Epstein cover-up, and Mary Poppins’ orgy, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants The Black Ghost: superhero noir comic starring an antiestablishment vigilante and a hacktivist sidekick Alex Segura and Monica Gallagher

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media Watch CNN host Chris Cuomo threaten man who compared him to fictional mafia moron Fredo Corleone Rob Beschizza

Cooking My first attempt at smoking meat on a compact bullet smoker Jason Weisberger

media Prince Charles’ gay scandal, Tom Cruise destroys Scientology, and Michael Jackson’s afterlife, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

books The National Security Sublime: On the Aesthetics of Government Secrecy Matthew Potolsky