stories Garry Shandling hosted secret pickup basketball games at his home for 25 years Rusty Blazenhoff

Sex Amsterdam plans to move red light district into a new, indoor erotic mall David Pescovitz

eff ICANN needs to ask more questions about the sale of .ORG Mitch Stoltz

uk A quick trip through the ghastly, racist, sexist, eugenicist, authoritarian things that Boris Johnson has said in recent years Cory Doctorow

News Facial recognition tools shared by 'Massive, secretive network of police departments' Xeni Jardin

kooks If Trump is removed from office, says famous pastor, "veterans, cowboys, mountain men" will go on a Democrat killing spree Mark Frauenfelder

law Proud Boys jailed, obviously Rob Beschizza

politics Former Prime Minister admits Queen interfered in politics at his behest Rob Beschizza

books The Babysitter's Coven Cory Doctorow

censorship Art Spiegelman pulled his Marvel Folio Society intro after Disney demanded that he not criticize Trump Cory Doctorow

google Manhattan DA served Google with a "reverse search warrant" in a bid to prosecute antifa protesters Cory Doctorow

tabloids Brad Pitt’s brush with death, Julia Roberts quitting Hollywood, and Christmas kittens, in this week’s dubious ad-packed tabloids Peter Sheridan

proud boys Redaction ineptitude reveals names of Proud Boys' self-styled new leaders Cory Doctorow

gender Amazon trained a sexism-fighting, resume-screening AI with sexist hiring data, so the bot became sexist Cory Doctorow

cannabis Maine restaurant getting lobsters high to ease their suffering Rusty Blazenhoff

News ? Giant python slithers around Poland scaring everyone Xeni Jardin

corruption Elizabeth Warren's anti-corruption bill bans foreign lobbyists, subjects domestic lobbyists to strong oversight Cory Doctorow

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

science fiction RIP, Harlan Ellison Cory Doctorow

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle