facebook Over 30 ex-Facebook employees slam Zuckerberg's inaction on harmful political posts in open letter Carla Sinclair
occupy Seattle activists have established a 6-block autonomous zone around an abandoned police station Thom Dunn
coronavirus Right-wing websites are weighing the pros and cons of letting people die from coronavirus to help the economy Thom Dunn
Drugs Without the Hot Air: the best book I've ever read on drugs and drug policy, in an expanded new edition Cory Doctorow
censorship UK's oldest ISP blames DoS attack on attempt to suppress human rights report about West Papua (read it now!) Cory Doctorow
politics Twitter censures UK Tory Party for changing its blue-check account name to "FactCheckUK" during the prime ministerial debates Cory Doctorow
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uk Boris Johnson may be the UK's next Prime Minister, but he's up on criminal charges for Brexit "Battle Bus" lies Cory Doctorow
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sourpuss neighbors A woman's Christmas dragons on her lawn were called "demonic" by a neighbor, so she added more Carla Sinclair
canada Trumpian Ontario premier Doug Ford will gut Toronto's city council to punish his Tory rivals Cory Doctorow
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trump Pentagon sucks up to Trump by censoring mentions of climate change in its global risks assessment Cory Doctorow