Business Patronscan wants cities to require bars to scan your ID with its service so it can maintain a secret, unaccountable blacklist Cory Doctorow
uk The Chinafication of the internet continues as the UK proposes blocking any service that hosts "illegal" or "harmful" material Cory Doctorow
trumpism San Diego is America's safest city, but Republicans keep claiming that the US-Mexican border is responsible for "gangs, drugs, human trafficking and massive crime" Cory Doctorow
crime Whitey Bulger's family, lacking a sense of irony, file lawsuit over his 2018 murder Seamus Bellamy
follies of the drug wars Woman spent 3 months in jail for cotton candy that cops insisted was meth Mark Frauenfelder
crime It's really easy to steal your cellphone number, and that's a gateway to stealing everything else Cory Doctorow
slippery slopes Jeff Sessions officially sends memo asking prosecutors to give drug dealers death penalty Carla Sinclair
crime NYPD Commissioner "troubled" by news of cop arrested for running an international heroin ring Mark Frauenfelder
prohibition LA sheriff deputy sad that his drug-dealing side business was spoiled by FBI bust Mark Frauenfelder
#trumprussia Trump building in Panama carried "deep ties" to Russian mafia, drug trafficking Mark Frauenfelder