cartoons Cartoonist Lucy Bellwood captures the ways inner demons sabotage in her latest comic book Rusty Blazenhoff
coronavirus Here are the 5 kinds of pandemic villains who are making things worse for the rest of us Mark Frauenfelder
corruption Trump commutes sentence of corrupt governor Rod Blagojevich, pardons Giuliani crony Bernard Kerik Rob Beschizza
privacy The answer to the Clearview AI scandal is better privacy laws, not anti-scraping laws Cory Doctorow
youtube Youtube's Content ID has become the tool of choice for grifty copyfraudsters who steal from artists Cory Doctorow
first nations Cops handcuff man and his 12-year-old granddaughter for trying to open a bank account while being indigenous Mark Frauenfelder
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
News Facial recognition tools shared by 'Massive, secretive network of police departments' Xeni Jardin
china Chinese citizens will have to submit to a face scan in order to get a new phone number Seamus Bellamy
jeffrey epstein Asking for pre-trial release, Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers say he has 'spotless 14-year record of walking the straight and narrow' Xeni Jardin
elections After Istanbul voters rejected Turkish strongman Erdogan, he made them vote again — and lost by the biggest landslide in 35 years Cory Doctorow
corruption In Alabama, it's traditional for sheriffs who lose their elections to steal and waste money, destroy public property Cory Doctorow
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canada Vancouver's housing bubble was driven by billions in laundered criminal proceeds Cory Doctorow