olympics A be-mulletted Eric Bana has some very useful advice for aspiring Olympic athletes Jamie Frevele
racism Lawyer for gun-toting St. Louis couple describes his clients as "melanin-deficient human beings" Thom Dunn
tabloids His Royal High-ness Prince Harry’s Pot Farm, and stars with only months to live, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
politics Trump DoJ steps in to shorten Roger Stone’s prison sentence (which is yet to be announced) Xeni Jardin
politics Rudy Giuliani on Yovanovitch: I didn’t need her out of the way, I forced her out because she’s corrupt Xeni Jardin
tabloids LBJ killed JFK, the Queen’s secret lover & Julia Roberts’ divorce, in this week’s highly dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Business "I just love to solve problems": how people who work at predatory lenders avoid thinking about the pain they inflict Cory Doctorow
News Trump revokes global arms treaty in NRA convention rant, someone tosses object at him on stage Xeni Jardin
Food American Advertising Cookbooks: how corporations taught us to love Spam, bananas, and Jell-O Mark Frauenfelder
health One company bought all the retail outlets for glasses, used that to force sales of all the eyewear companies and jacked up prices by as much as 1000% Cory Doctorow
Copyfight The EU hired a company that had been lobbying for the Copyright Directive to make a (completely batshit) video to sell the Copyright Directive Cory Doctorow
trumpism Blockbuster Gizmodo investigation reveals probable masterminds of the massive anti-Net Neutrality identity theft/astroturf campaign Cory Doctorow