censorship Church of England refuses to allow foreign language on a gravestone, calling it a "political statement" Thom Dunn
racism It's the 99th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre that destroyed "Black Wall Street" Thom Dunn
music The Library of Congress is launching an open-source archive of hip-hop samples dating back more than a century Thom Dunn
tabloids Predator priests, Game of Thrones, and why Italians don’t use Viagra, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Gadgets A company that makes spy-tech for cops threatened to sue Vice for publishing its sales literature (because Iran!) Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Three years after the W3C approved a DRM standard, it's no longer possible to make a functional indie browser Cory Doctorow
tabloids Killing the Queen, John Lennon’s murder, and William Shatner’s talking horses in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
happy mutants Leviathan: an eight foot tall, seven foot wide assemblage sculpture "ghost ship" Cory Doctorow