climate Climate denial has destroyed the libertarian movement Cory Doctorow

denialism A new biography reveals the Koch brothers' very early role in creating organized climate denial Cory Doctorow

Business Google continues to funnel vast sums to notorious climate deniers Cory Doctorow

psychology Eminent psychologists condemn "emotion detection" systems as being grounded in junk science Cory Doctorow

class war Striking West Virginia teachers won swift and decisive victory; Oakland next? Cory Doctorow

fake news Royal bombshells, Obama’s boozing daughter, and if Star Trek’s Captain Kirk was a cat, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

scholarship German neofascists used Qanon to expand their reach Cory Doctorow

guillotine watch Tucker Carlson thought anti-elite historian would be an easy interview, but ended up telling him "go fuck yourself" Cory Doctorow

scholarship Rethinking Capitalism: like the Feynman lectures but for economics Cory Doctorow

Science Happy birthday, Carl Sagan. Wish you were here. David Pescovitz

social malaise This 70-year-old book about racist mass movements perfectly describes Trumpism Mark Frauenfelder

deaths Read the 1999 Anthony Bourdain essay that started it all Xeni Jardin

Gadgets A who's-who of tech manufacturers sent scaremongering letters to the Illinois legislature to kill Right to Repair Cory Doctorow

News Yale study: Newspaper op-eds change minds Rob Beschizza

christ what an asshole Peter Thiel: the "libertarian" who loves mass government surveillance, monopolies, and censorship Cory Doctorow

Copyfight EFF to US Copyright Office: fix the DRM rules that stop us from fixing our stuff, make fair use, and make IoT gadgets work the way we want Cory Doctorow

happy mutants A checklist for figuring out whether your algorithm is a "weapon of math destruction" Cory Doctorow

education Chicago has about 40% fewer African-American teachers than in 2001 Andrea James

Science Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition: only available through October 20 on Kickstarter David Pescovitz

corruption Why Trump's naked corruption is less interesting than conspiracy theories about Clinton Rob Beschizza