videos Profiles of the three worst Republican lawmakers running for re-election in Texas Cory Doctorow

racism As Texas's Lt. Governor rants about Dr. Fauci, Fox News plays montage of minorities in face masks Rob Beschizza

coronavirus 'There are more important things than living' —TX Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on COVID-19 deaths Xeni Jardin

Business Verizon says it will buy Blue Jeans Network, Zoom competitor, reportedly for under $500 million Xeni Jardin

Entertainment Yaphet Kotto turned down the role of Jean-Luc Picard Rob Beschizza

coronavirus Wisconsin voters risked their lives last week — and voted out the party that made them risk their lives Thom Dunn

Business US charges 4 Chinese spies with hacking Equifax Xeni Jardin

Business Rating the 30 most evil tech companies Cory Doctorow

tabloids Adjectival overload, and the tabloids finally get one right, in this week’s round-up of the rags Peter Sheridan

happy mutants Thanks to an article about why science fiction great John M Ford's books are out of print, they're coming back Cory Doctorow

books Crowdfunding "Vital," an sf anthology about the future of health care Cory Doctorow

movies Professional dancers analyze the finale "Time of my Life" scene in Dirty Dancing David Pescovitz

trump Trump was going to let Egypt arrest NYT reporter, Sulzberger says Xeni Jardin

privacy Interoperability and Privacy: Squaring the Circle Cory Doctorow

media The British press used to be amazingly homophobic, and the backsliding has begun Rob Beschizza

facebook Facebook's "celebration" and "memories" algorithms are auto-generating best-of-terror-recruiting pages for extremist groups Cory Doctorow

politics John Bolton has always been at war with Iran, soon America will be too Xeni Jardin

privacy Harm reduction: an opioid "vending machine" Cory Doctorow

books RIP, science fiction and fantasy Grand Master Gene Wolfe, 1931-2019 Cory Doctorow

activist judges Man found guilty of using phone while driving – even though phone was dead and stored in glove box Mark Frauenfelder