picks Fatal explosions at hotel in southern Thailand: multiple deaths, dozens wounded Xeni Jardin

fraud Iraq bans fake bomb detectors Rob Beschizza

politics FBI elevates risk from neo-Nazis to same level as ISIS Xeni Jardin

politics Passport and Nobels Jasmina Tesanovic

happy mutants Sarah Pinsker's "Song for a New Day": outstanding dystopian rock-and-roll novel of rebellion and redemption Cory Doctorow

art Banksy mural stolen from Bataclan in Paris David Pescovitz

Entertainment Taylor Swift used facial recognition tech at concerts to spy on stalkers Xeni Jardin

google A history of the tech worker uprising Cory Doctorow

racism Britain's Channel 4 highlights Twitter abuse in ad campaign Rob Beschizza

politics FBI Dir. Wray on Trump's FBI attacks: I'll only comment on 'opinions that matter' Xeni Jardin

usausausa Bombing makes great propaganda, but not for the side that's doing the bombing Cory Doctorow

usausausa Austin bombings: literal American carnage meets with Trumpian indifference Cory Doctorow

media theory UK press doesn't understand chemistry or Amazon, launches bomb-making panic Cory Doctorow

white supremacists Twitter users hunt down Seattle Nazi and knock him out Mark Frauenfelder

law Europe's top court says UK surveillance rules are unconstitutional Cory Doctorow

picks As Trump's racist regime takes power, FBI reports a surge in hate crimes against Muslims and others Xeni Jardin

crime Islamophobic terrorist cell planned a "bloodbath" in Kansas, wanted to kill Muslim babies Cory Doctorow

law Brussels terrorists kept their plans in an unencrypted folder called "TARGET" Cory Doctorow

picks Blizzard shuts down Denver International Airport, impacting air traffic across country Xeni Jardin

ted cruz Ted Cruz wants to radicalize U.S. Muslim neighborhoods by sending police to "patrol and secure" them Mark Frauenfelder