Copyfight Anti-DRM artists march on the World Wide Web Consortium today Cory Doctorow

racism Racist professor fired Rob Beschizza

politics Bolton book says House impeachment inquiry should have probed Trump beyond Ukraine Xeni Jardin

Science Citizen scientist records 500+ animal species in his small city garden David Pescovitz

deaths Annie Glenn, widow of astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn, dies age 100 of COVID-19 Xeni Jardin

medicine The "psychobiome" is bacteria in your gut that affects how you think and act David Pescovitz

libraries Virtual library tourism: visit 7 of the world's most beautiful libraries Gareth Branwyn

social distancing Annalee Newitz looks at the Great Plague of London and 17th century social distancing Gareth Branwyn

Science Grad student proves one of Darwin's theories almost 140 years after his death David Pescovitz

Business Australia sues Facebook, says Cambridge Analytica scandal violated privacy of over 300,000 Australians Xeni Jardin

Drugs Without the Hot Air: the best book I've ever read on drugs and drug policy, in an expanded new edition Cory Doctorow

politics Facebook allows pro-Bloomberg posts from paid staffers, may change that now Xeni Jardin

sexual harassment Academic published erotic fiction about own students Rob Beschizza

tabloids Predator priests, Game of Thrones, and why Italians don’t use Viagra, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

b-side Facebook paid Teen Vogue to run a fake article praising Facebook for "helping ensure the integrity of the 2020 election" Mark Frauenfelder

elections Massive Cambridge Analytica leak reveals global election manipulation: Malaysia, Kenya and Brazil Cory Doctorow

facebook An exclusive interview with an AI neural network based on Mark Zuckerberg Thom Dunn

books The New Yorker's profile of William Gibson: "Droll, chilled out, and scarily articulate" Cory Doctorow