health New York hospitals illegally billed rape survivors for their rape kits, then sent debt-collectors after them Cory Doctorow

History Juneteenth: "Emancipation is a marker of progress for white Americans, not black ones." David Pescovitz

Science Scientists: Drug hippos are… good? Seamus Bellamy

America How the United States re-branded as "America" Thom Dunn

guns A fascinating computer analysis of the linguistic context around the 2nd Amendment Thom Dunn

sexual assault Dozens of woman now accuse prominent Columbia University Ob-Gyn of sexual assault Mark Frauenfelder

Business Coronavirus Q: 'Will a face mask help protect me?' A: It's complicated. Xeni Jardin

Science Sex pheromone named after a character in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" changes mice brains Mark Frauenfelder

Science CLIMATE: 2019 was hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA report Xeni Jardin

climate change Humanity isn't likely to extinguish itself, writes SETI scientist David Pescovitz

Business Uber projected $8b in losses for 2019, but it just booked $5.2b in losses in a single quarter Cory Doctorow

Science Monkeys can discern the order of items in a list, a skill that may help them manage their social lives David Pescovitz

books For rent on Airbnb: Hunter S. Thompson's Woody Creek guest cabin David Pescovitz

art High art subprime: borrowing on private art collections surges into billions Cory Doctorow

happy mutants You treasure what you measure: how KPIs make software dystopias Cory Doctorow

normalizing racism Ex-GOP staffer who racially assaulted black woman and wrote for white supremacist site VDare now writes for WSJ, Forbes Xeni Jardin

picks Racist groups banned by Facebook change account names, get right back on, research shows Xeni Jardin

corruption The #ShellPapers: crowdsourcing analysis of all correspondence between Shell and the Dutch government Cory Doctorow

picks Intelligence officials sue to end pre-publication government review of writings Xeni Jardin

picks Robert Mueller was target of Russian infowar, Senate report reveals Xeni Jardin