politics Governing a decentralized internet without votes Cory Doctorow

corruption How to Destroy Democracy: SF Bay Area event Jan 10 with Masha Gessen and Drew Sullivan David Pescovitz

occupy Seattle activists have established a 6-block autonomous zone around an abandoned police station Thom Dunn

Post-truth is pre-fascism Excellent Atlantic article about QAnon and how it is becoming an anti-Enlightenment religion Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus Florida Pastor arrested after encouraging people to come to church in person during the coronavirus lockdown Thom Dunn

law Supreme Court affirms homeless peoples' right to be on public property Rob Beschizza

privacy AI Now's annual report: stop doing "emotion detection"; stop "socially sensitive" facial recognition; make AI research diverse and representative — and more Cory Doctorow

twitter Twitter wants to develop an open, decentralized, federated social media standard…and then join it Cory Doctorow

law Newsletter detailing the world of white collar crime John Struan

eff We need to save .ORG from arbitrary censorship by halting the private equity buy-out Mitch Stoltz

happy mutants Learning to See the Commons David Bollier and Silke Helfrich

Science The 2019 Halloween Candy Hierarchy David Ng and Ben Cohen

late stage capitalism Burbank! Come to an emergency City Hall meeting on 10/29 to deal with the city's eviction crisis! Cory Doctorow

corruption The world's "free trade zones": hives of scum and villainy Cory Doctorow

books The American Library Association says Melvil Dewey is canceled John Struan

WeWork WeWork founder Adam Neumann won't be CEO anymore Xeni Jardin

monopolism Bill Gates: if we break up Big Tech, we'll just have more bad companies Cory Doctorow

WeWork sounds like a real piece of work Xeni Jardin

security Why haven't cyberinsurers exerted more pressure on companies to be better at security? Cory Doctorow