marketing "Like a glory hole for your hands": Socially distanced mani trucks announced Rusty Blazenhoff
donald trump Trump rally youth: 'Aunt Jemima was canceled… She was the picture of the American dream' Xeni Jardin
politics Trump calls Voice of America's work “disgusting”, threatens to adjourn Congress so he can put a crony in charge of VOA Xeni Jardin
makers Italian hospital needed an $11K part for its ventilators, volunteers 3D printed them at $1 each, original manufacturer threatened to sue Gareth Branwyn
coronavirus How the coronavirus response reveals the arbitrary bullshit of so many US policies Thom Dunn
apple Apple deleted files that I owned without telling me. It was inevitable, but I'm still pissed. Thom Dunn
censorship A new play lets formerly incarcerated people tell their stories. Meanwhile, prisons are still banning books. Thom Dunn
youtube Youtube's Content ID has become the tool of choice for grifty copyfraudsters who steal from artists Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Manhattan: a city of empty luxury condos and overflowing homeless shelters Cory Doctorow
Health Care Healthcare choice in America is a scam, according to the people who came up with it Thom Dunn
politics Something Awful's "Fuck You and Die" forum went from freewheeling jokesters to Nazi shitposters, so it's dead Cory Doctorow
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
tabloids Killing the Queen, John Lennon’s murder, and William Shatner’s talking horses in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan