class war Mexican cities secede to escape corruption and cartels, forming corporate dystopias, precarious utopian projects, and Mad Maxish militia towns Cory Doctorow

slavery West African migrants are kidnapped and sold in Libyan slave markets Cory Doctorow

Technology U.S. is investigating claims that TikTok violated children's privacy Xeni Jardin

COVID-19 New York Times shows how the virus won Mark Frauenfelder

COVID-19 The European Union may not admit Americans once their borders reopen Seamus Bellamy

law IRS says it bought in to location database for millions of US cellphones to track tax crime suspects Xeni Jardin

Science Virgin Orbit fails on first rocket launch attempt, 'next big test ASAP' for Richard Branson’s spaceflight firm Xeni Jardin

politics Trump was briefed on coronavirus 12+ times in Jan-Feb, kept downplaying it Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Coronavirus infects and kills Black Americans at higher rates Xeni Jardin

Entertainment Federal judge rejects R. Kelly’s coronavirus get out of jail request Xeni Jardin

travel My life on the road: Marrakesh Seamus Bellamy

politics Researchers say Voatz voting app has big security flaws, 4 states using it for 2020 elections anyway Xeni Jardin

Business Trump expands racist travel ban to 6 additional countries Xeni Jardin

politics John Delaney drops out of presidential race Rob Beschizza

climate Climate denial has destroyed the libertarian movement Cory Doctorow

politics Google spent ~$150 million on US lobbying over last decade, followed by Facebook at ~$81M, Amazon almost $80M: Federal filings Xeni Jardin

Business Frontier, a terrible company, is going bankrupt Cory Doctorow

mistakes Disgraced Instagram star account rebrands as another person Rob Beschizza

trump Everything you wanted to know about money-laundering but were afraid to ask Cory Doctorow

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