fires When NASA crash-landed a jetliner full of fuel Rob Beschizza

george floyd New York Times column calls for U.S. military to suppress protests with "overwhelming force" Rob Beschizza

tabloids Kim Jong-un is dead, Prince Andrew is broke, and Kobe Bryant killed himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

facebook 2019 was the year of voice assistant privacy dumpster fires Cory Doctorow

corruption Why do people believe the Earth is flat? Cory Doctorow

mistakes U.S. warned Tesla to stop giving "misleading statements" about the Model 3's safety Rob Beschizza

Science Women are much more likely to be injured in car crashes, probably because crash-test dummies are mostly male-shaped Cory Doctorow

Police Blotter Drunk cop who injured woman in crash found not guilty Mark Frauenfelder

travel Man missed doomed Ethiopia flight by 2 minutes Rob Beschizza

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

Science Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes accused of fraud by SEC, pays it off Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Here’s how you can become a white hat hacker Boing Boing's Shop

usausausa Fox and other conservative sites hastily nuke posts urging vehicular murder of left-wing protesters Cory Doctorow

News Kim Jong Un is a 'madman with nuclear weapons,' Trump says in leaked call to Duterte of Philippines—whom he praises Xeni Jardin

security Rules for trusting "black boxes" in algorithmic control systems Cory Doctorow

Business Weapons of Math Destruction: invisible, ubiquitous algorithms are ruining millions of lives Cory Doctorow

Technology Machine-learning model fed web content makes racist and sexist associations Andrea James

picks Dakota Pipeline decision delayed to Sept. 9, thousands of indigenous activists continue protest Xeni Jardin

Science The history of the home pregnancy test is a microcosm of misogyny, chauvinism, and erasure Cory Doctorow

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