art New Ways of Seeing: James Bridle's BBC radio show about networked digital tools in our "image-soaked culture" Cory Doctorow
happy mutants A new edition of Octavia Butler's classic postapocalyptic Afrofuturist novel "Parable of the Sower," with an introduction by Hugo winner NK Jemisin Cory Doctorow
corruption Slovakia's first woman president is an anti-corruption, pro-immigrant environmental campaigner Cory Doctorow
health Oklahoma Republicans introduce bill forcing doctors to warn abortion patients about the existence of an imaginary "reversible abortion" Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Two arrested for hiding cameras in motel rooms and charging for access to livestreams Cory Doctorow
music Prince's shoe-maker used to supply 30-40 pairs of high-heeled boots/month, totaling 3,000 pairs Cory Doctorow
infosec Leaked Chinese database of 1.8 million women includes a field indicating whether they are "BreedReady" Cory Doctorow
gender NH GOP lawmakers mocked gun violence survivors by wearing clutchable pearl necklaces to gun control hearing Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Man-Eaters: Handmaid's Tale meets Cat People in a comic where girls turn into man-eating were-panthers when they get their periods Cory Doctorow
gender Owner of civil war reenactment business sues school district that canceled field trips after his far-right social media came to light Cory Doctorow
surveillance Ios and Android app stores both host Saudi government app that lets men track their spouses' movements Cory Doctorow
gender Barefoot Engineers: rural women from Malawi, trained as solar engineers, who are electrifying their remote villages Cory Doctorow
gender The FBI invented a fictitious "abortion extremist" movement, then warned local cops about potential acts of domestic terror from it Cory Doctorow
