justice Bill Cosby's new prison digs are known for racism, violence and systematic abuse Seamus Bellamy

free speech Why Harper's "Letter on Justice and Open Debate" is dumb Mark Frauenfelder

politics VOA to be run by Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, and Trump CEO pick Michael Pack, so two top VOA directors just quit Xeni Jardin

movies Why some movies and TV shows now have a strange "yellow tint" David Pescovitz

new york city A day in NY in the early 1980s through the eyes of musicians, artists, activists, filmmakers, and more Gareth Branwyn

law Sad news: red light camera revenue down due to coronavirus Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn

politics Coronavirus: ICE to stop arresting migrants other than 'mission critical' arrests, whatever that is Xeni Jardin

transparency How the Trump administration is putting public records under threat, so history may never know the awful things they did Thom Dunn

politics Trump administration ends program to monitor animal diseases that could spread to humans (like Ebola) Xeni Jardin

censorship Europe's highest court Facebook verdict hits a new low for technomagical thinking Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The lost audiobooks of Roger Zelazny reading the Chronicles of Amber Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Marc Davis in His Own Words: Imagineering the Disney Theme Parks Chris Merritt

Technology This map shows where local police departments partner with Amazon's Ring Xeni Jardin

canada Never Trust a Nation Seamus Bellamy

books The National Security Sublime: On the Aesthetics of Government Secrecy Matthew Potolsky

Copyfight How #Article13 is like the Inquisition: John Milton Against the EU #CopyrightDirective Ada Palmer

climate New Zealand's domestic spies, obsessed with illegally surveilling environmental activists, missed a heavily armed right-wing terrorist Cory Doctorow

floss Electronic Health Records: a murderous, publicly subsidized, $13B/year grift by way of shitty software Cory Doctorow

class war India's e-waste recycling "markets" are toxic nightmares filled with child laborers Cory Doctorow