science fiction Philip K. Dick: "If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others" David Pescovitz
language "Master bedroom" and "Master bath" won't be used in Houston's real estate listings anymore David Pescovitz
facebook Facebook's new Fact-Checking policies have carved out an exemption for climate deniers Thom Dunn
nihilism Two great deep-dives mine the endless hole at the bottom of Mitch McConnell's inhumanity Thom Dunn
health That time in 2005 when junior senator Barack Obama argued for 'decisive action to prevent a pandemic' Xeni Jardin
politics Peak billionaire: a billionaire tries to purchase a party nomination to outflank anti-billionaires so he can run against another billionaire Cory Doctorow
books Why are we still treating economics as if it were an empirical science that makes reliable predictions? Cory Doctorow
security Attribution is hard: the incredible skullduggery used to try to blame the 2018 Olympic cyberattack on North Korea Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Republic of Lies: the rise of conspiratorial thinking and the actual conspiracies that fuel it Cory Doctorow
mistakes Wonkette posts bizarre cease-and-desist letter it received from "Diamond and Silk" Rob Beschizza
