leaks Australian government's worst-ever state-secrets leak: accidentally selling filing cabinets full of classified docs in a surplus store Cory Doctorow

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

Games Review / Control Rob Beschizza

politics Read the whistleblower complaint about Donald Trump Rob Beschizza

makers I made this cool desktop video game arcade machine with the help of a Glowforge laser cutter Mark Frauenfelder

useful stuff Fujitsu ScanSnap ix1500 — best way to a paperless archive Mark Frauenfelder

politics HACKED: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and hundreds of government officials Xeni Jardin

cabinet noir Love, sex, and trackers – Tinder and other dating apps are spies in your bedroom Sean O'Brien and Michael Kwet

class war Millions of poor rural voters now hate Trump and millions of rich voters still support him, but the press only profiles poor people who remain Trumpists Cory Doctorow

corruption Leaked documents expose links between Trump’s commerce secretary and Putin’s son-in-law Mark Frauenfelder

security Miele's networked disinfecting hospital dishwasher has a gaping security flaw Cory Doctorow

Games MAME is now free as well as free of charge Rob Beschizza

History When "open access" means "beware of the leopard" Cory Doctorow

offworld Ancient adventure texts at last unearthed Leigh Alexander