Business A celebration of Libro.fm: the indie, DRM-free Audible alternative that helps your local bookseller (with giveaway!) Cory Doctorow

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

Business Microsoft is about to shut off its ebook DRM servers: "The books will stop working" Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Microsoft announces it will shut down ebook program and confiscate its customers' libraries Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Google launches a DRM-free audiobook store: finally, a writer- and listener-friendly Audible alternative! Cory Doctorow

sexual harassment Notes from the #MeToo march: thoughts and prayers can't right what is wrong Maureen Herman

books Read: chapter two of WALKAWAY, in which buildings build themselves Cory Doctorow

rape culture The Jackie Fox rape disclosure shows we still have a lot to learn Maureen Herman

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

Drones and the rise of the high-tech assassins Andrew Cockburn

science fiction Koko Takes a Holiday Boing Boing

television Hannibal's last supper "Mizumono" finale review [s2, e13] Theresa DeLucci