government Gentleman is suing a lot of people because a 16-pound pine cone fell on his head Mark Frauenfelder
politics We're suing the Justice Department over FBI’s secret rules for using National Security Letters on journalists Trevor Timm
Technology With faked degrees, U.S. tech official ran law enforcement data systems for years. Then he resigned, got a new gov job. Xeni Jardin
politics US says hackers stole Social Security numbers from 21.5 million people in OPM data breach Xeni Jardin
government Mexican artists ride abandoned passenger rails in an Earthbound "spacecraft" Maggie Koerth
politics Guilty plea in Fox News leak case shows why Espionage Act prosecutions are unfair to reporters' sources Trevor Timm
television Intensely dramatic commercial for city council show on public access cable David Pescovitz
happy mutants Tax returns for 6,461,326 tax-exempt organizations now indexable by search engines and available for free downloads, thanks to Resource.org Cory Doctorow
Science A report about reports about reports that recommends the preparation of a report about the report about reports about reports Cory Doctorow
politics State Dept. snubs blog of Foreign Service spouse in breast cancer treatment for using n-word: "nipple." Xeni Jardin