art Sculpture makes drone strike casualties more visceral Andrea James

politics Trump said no injuries, but 100 US troops have brain injuries after Iran strike on Al Asad Xeni Jardin

mistakes Iran admits it unintentionally shot down passenger jet Rob Beschizza

Business Prasad's Law: there's always enough health spending to concentrate wealth, never enough to diffuse it Cory Doctorow

law With state secrets privilege, U.S. ends challenge by journalist over drone ‘kill list’ Xeni Jardin

afghanistan Afghanistan: U.S. drone kills 30 farm workers sitting around a campfire after pine nut harvest Xeni Jardin

china Hong Kong's #612strike uprising is alive to surveillance threats, but its countermeasures are woefully inadequate Cory Doctorow

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

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Business The Boston Globe on breaking up Big Tech falls into the trap of tech exceptionalism Cory Doctorow

Business Leak: Apple is demanding 50% of the revenue from its "Netflix for news" product Cory Doctorow

war Shrapnel drone kills 6 at Yemen military parade Rob Beschizza

Business Google engineer calls for a walkout over China censorship and raises $200K strike fund in hours Cory Doctorow

music THE BUREAU: Part Three, "Assessing Others" — with a Metasonix D-2000 Vacuum Tube Drum Machine Ethan Persoff

Business Analyst: Apple's poor earnings will recover now they've switched from innovating to rent-seeking Cory Doctorow

war Inside the secretive world of B2 Bomber pilots Seamus Bellamy

Science Those weird sonic attacks at U.S. embassies? Microwave weapons, experts say. Xeni Jardin

google A dozen googlers quit over Google's military drone contract Cory Doctorow

security Internet of Battle Things: a militarized IoT where "cognitive bandwidth constraints" require "autonomous cyber agents" Cory Doctorow

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