happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz
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web theory Freedom House: Thanks to social media, internet freedom is down for the the ninth straight year Cory Doctorow
Business Facebook hired GOP oppo firm to smear protesters by linking them to George Soros, an anti-Semitic trope: NYT Xeni Jardin
politics Anti-Susan Collins site raises $2 million and crashes during her Kavanaugh 'yes' speech Xeni Jardin
News Brett Kavanaugh lied to the Senate. Many times. Here's a long list, and a video supercut. Xeni Jardin
trumpism The CIA is psyopsing America to help torturer Gina Haspel get the job of CIA boss Cory Doctorow
trumpism Torturer and coverup artist Gina Haspel tried to bow out of CIA Directorship to avoid Senate questioning Cory Doctorow
eff To do in LA, April 24: come hear from the people fighting for Right to Repair, freedom to tinker and the right to know Cory Doctorow
picks Jeff Sessions asked Sally Yates in 2015 if she'd say no to 'improper' presidential orders Xeni Jardin
crime Obama's legacy: eight years of not holding executives criminally responsible for their companies' misdeeds Cory Doctorow
corruption Wells Fargo just hit with another massive fraud scandal, but thankfully Donald Trump owes them a lot of money Cory Doctorow