india A club for people whose relatives had them​ declared dead in order to steal their land Cory Doctorow

tabloids The Man Who Knew Too Much! Why China murdered its own ambassador, in this week’s highly dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Do the tabloids deserve a government bailout? This week’s dubious offerings make a poor case for their survival. Peter Sheridan

Nature A featherless nestling fell out of its nest and onto our doorstep, here's what we did Rusty Blazenhoff

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

tabloids A beheaded tot, isolated stars, and cure coronavirus with herbs, in last week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Predator priests, Game of Thrones, and why Italians don’t use Viagra, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

tabloids Johnny Depp dying, Caitlyn Jenner’s baby, and the sexiest man alive, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids The multiverse, universal wave function and quantum mechanics in this week’s tawdry tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Royal scandals and the Obamas divorce, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

#standedatnarita No trains or buses from Narita to Tokyo after the category 3 typhoon = chaos for thousands Sean Bonner

music Neil Young hates what the internet has done to music Xeni Jardin

Games Wonderful profile of Anita Sarkeesian, the feminist games critic who made an army of shitty manbabies very, very upset Cory Doctorow

music Dr. John, the New Orleans music icon born Malcolm John Rebennack, dies at 77 Xeni Jardin

smart cities IBM supplied surveillance gear to Davao while Duterte was mayor and cheering on the city's police-linked death-squads Cory Doctorow

racism Gunman kills 49 in New Zealand mosque shootings Rob Beschizza

art Memories from Warhol's Factory David Pescovitz

Journalism Footage of Khashoggi "body double" in his clothes after murder David Pescovitz