new york city When the lights went out in NYC, Broadway performed impromptu sidewalk shows Rusty Blazenhoff
elections CNN celebrates Sanders' six primary victories by airing a "documentary" about Jesus Cory Doctorow
Business T-Mobile hit with cell phone outage, voice and text down for thousands of users throughout U.S. Xeni Jardin
racism Stop using the BLM hashtag on your black square (better yet, take it down and start listening and amplifying) Rusty Blazenhoff
podcasts Open Culture has a new directory of the "Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind" Mark Frauenfelder
politics 'Sandworm' hacking group linked to Russian GRU's Main Center for Special Technology, says U.S. Xeni Jardin
computer science Trying to land on some runways causes the Boeing 737's control screens to go black Cory Doctorow
elections One upside of the Bernie Blackout: Sanders is not facing a frontrunner's backlash Cory Doctorow
books Notpetya: the incredible story of an escaped US cyberweapon, Russian state hackers, and Ukraine's cyberwar Cory Doctorow
science fiction Paolo Bacigalupi's "A Full Life": climate apocalypse with a side of intergenerational warfare and science denial Cory Doctorow
happy mutants The Training Commission: an email newsletter from the future, after a civil war and digital blackout Cory Doctorow
politics Venezuela hit by second electrical blackout in one month, capital city of Caracas mostly without power Xeni Jardin
eff More than 130 European businesses tell the European Parliament: Reject the #CopyrightDirective Cory Doctorow