fighting city hall Man sues Los Angeles for parking ticket, gets $650K Mark Frauenfelder

activism Goodbye to the racist statue of Roosevelt and two people of color outside NYC's Natural History Museum David Pescovitz

tabloids Royals Clash, Clooneys divorce, and Jacko’s rotten feet in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

health Coronavirus outbreak is a pandemic, WHO says Xeni Jardin

law Breasts are 'lewdness', Utah judge rules in humiliation for 'topless at home' mom Xeni Jardin

Business Genetic genealogy company Gedmatch acquired by company with ties to FBI & law enforcement—why you should be worried Jennifer Lynch

trump Televangelist and 'prosperity gospel' pastor Paula White joins Trump administration Xeni Jardin

law Identity theft's newest target: your face Albert Fox Cahn

late stage capitalism After unsuccessful legislative reform, German radicals defy the law to dumpster-dive at grocery stores Cory Doctorow

tabloids A Royal coup, Malia Obama's bribe scandal, and man-eating Angelina Jolie, in this week’s reality-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants Announcing the audiobook for Unauthorized Bread: a DRM-free tale of DRM-locked appliances, refugees, and resistance Cory Doctorow

class war In LA, the teachers of America's largest school district are on strike Cory Doctorow

music THE BUREAU: Part Eleven, "Your Supervisor Disintegrates" — with a Gysin Dream Machine, an Altman Brain Machine, and Other Hallucinatory Hardware Ethan Persoff

surveillance Credit card activity as a predictor of mass shootings Cory Doctorow

urban theory Study blames Uber/Lyft for San Francisco traffic, Uber/Lyft blames Amazon, propose surge pricing Cory Doctorow

canada Let me tell you about living my life on the road Seamus Bellamy

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

roleplaying games What's new in the world of tabletop gaming? (Early August Edition) Gareth Branwyn

canada Toronto councillor praises gerrymandering plan to silence "left-leaning" voices in the city Cory Doctorow

News YouTube plans to spend $25 million fighting 'fake news.' Here's how. Xeni Jardin