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brazil Brazilian authoritarian Bolsonaro fires his culture minister for giving a speech plagiarized from Joseph Goebbels Cory Doctorow
trumpism Betsy DeVos quietly spends millions to promote the unpopular policies she hopes to enact as a federal official Cory Doctorow
china After sweeping election victories, Hong Kong protesters stage massive demonstrations marking their 6-month anniversary Cory Doctorow
china Hong Kong elections: overconfident Beijing loyalist parties suffer a near-total rout Cory Doctorow
canada Sidewalk Labs' quiet plan for Canada's banks to manage a national digital ID for health care and housing Lilian Radovac
it can and probably will happen here Kurt Eichenwald's Twitter thread about how Trump could cancel the election is keeping people up at night Mark Frauenfelder
happy mutants Talking science fiction, technological self-determination, inequality and competition with physicist Sean Carroll Cory Doctorow
security China's new cybersecurity rules ban foreign companies from using VPNs to phone home Cory Doctorow
china Beijing promises "no mercy" for the "backstage masterminds" of the Hong Kong uprising Cory Doctorow
science fiction Read: Jeannette Ng's Campbell Award acceptance speech, in which she correctly identifies Campbell as a fascist and expresses solidarity with Hong Kong protesters Cory Doctorow
