Science Doctors who get pharma money prescribe brand-name drugs instead of generics Cory Doctorow

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

corruption A former pharma rep explains how the industry pushes doctors to overprescribe Cory Doctorow

corruption 6 years after expose revealed docs taking millions from pharma companies, it's only getting worse Cory Doctorow

law US prosecutors say the "bankrupt" Sacklers still have billions hidden away Cory Doctorow

health Sleuths discover the source of $28m in dark money lobbying in favor of emergency room "surprise bills": private equity firms that own doctors' practices Cory Doctorow

picks Megachurch Pastor Hope Carpenter: 'I cut people. I got a knife right in that pocketbook.' Xeni Jardin

late stage capitalism UPDATE: New York State goes after the Sackler family's opioid fortune, claims they funneled their Oxy millions through offshore laundries Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Thousands of sleep apnea sufferers rely on a lone Australian CPAP hacker to stay healthy Cory Doctorow

Business $1bn blood-testing scam Theranos dissolved Rob Beschizza

late stage capitalism "Court guardians" kidnap old people, sell all their stuff, doom victims to pharmaceutical oblivion in institutions Cory Doctorow

politics Ted Cruz's Democratic challenger is a small-dollars fundraising monster who won't take PAC money Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole Wisconsin's Senator Ron Johnson blames Net Neutrality for porn and bad health care Cory Doctorow

obama President Obama's final State of the Union address Xeni Jardin

charity Charitable Giving Guide 2015 Boing Boing

mushrooms A pound of Tibetan "Viagra" mushrooms jumps in price from $2 to $40,000 Mark Frauenfelder

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

President Obama's tech-centered State of the Union: full text, and digital rights concerns Xeni Jardin

Cancer and cannabis: How I learned to stop worrying and love medical marijuana Xeni Jardin

The charley horse from Hell — why you should work at a standing desk Gammy Hamhock