canada My life on the road: A lost passport, no ID, and bullshit paperwork trying to get back to Canada Seamus Bellamy
politics Jason Van Dyke guilty of 2nd degree murder and aggravated battery in shooting death of black teen Laquan McDonald Xeni Jardin
happy mutants Tomorrow: come to our University of Chicago seminar on Renaissance censorship and internet censorship Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Kickstarting a seminar series with Ada Palmer and me about the history of censorship and information control Cory Doctorow
happy mutants How a civic hacker used open data to halve tickets at Chicago's most confusing parking spot Cory Doctorow
elections In Chicago primaries, a string of defeats for the Democratic establishment at the hands of progressive Democrats Cory Doctorow
gop The GOP candidate who would represent a suburban Chicago district is an open Holocaust denier, white supremacist and anti-Semite Cory Doctorow
security Ars Technica's Dan Goodin is being sued by Keeper Security over an article about a defect in its password manager Cory Doctorow
Business Two of the Chicago airport cops who beat up Dr David Dao got fired for lying about it (but not for the beating) Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Chicago! Come see me and Mary Robinette Kowal at the Printers Row Lit Fest this Sunday! Cory Doctorow
race Suburban Chicago library set to fire only African American librarian who spoke out about racial equity Cory Doctorow
