group activities Man howls in Sweden, and many others howl in response Mark Frauenfelder

COVID-19 COVID Safety Guidelines for Shared Workshops Gareth Branwyn

pandemic fears Harvard Business Review talks to David Kessler about "anticipatory grief" in the face of a global pandemic Gareth Branwyn

surveillance What it's like inside the CIA during Donald Trump's "Deep State" purge Thom Dunn

History Powerful Iwo Jima WWII footage shot by marines in combat and never seen publicly David Pescovitz

sex work Someone blew the whistle on Hookers for Jesus Thom Dunn

Science CLIMATE: 2019 was hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA report Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

canada Internal docs reveal that Canada's Exxon subsidiary knew about climate change risks and lied about it for decades Cory Doctorow

white nationalism This Washington State Representative has been accused of domestic terrorism and won't step down Thom Dunn

law Tiktok took less than a day to settle parents' lawsuit over spying on their kids Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Civil society groups protest the sale of .ORG to a private equity fund and a collection of Republican billionaires Cory Doctorow

crime Terabytes of data leaked from an oligarch-friendly offshore bank Cory Doctorow

canada Announcing the winners of Sense About Science's 2019 Maddox Prize Cory Doctorow

parties Strangers celebrate birthday of girl with autism after friends fail to show Rob Beschizza

corruption 1 in 14 Trump appointees is a former lobbyist, four times the rate under Obama Cory Doctorow

law The Hippocratic License: A new software license that prohibits uses that contravene the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights Cory Doctorow

corruption Elizabeth Warren proposes an "excessive lobbying tax" that would fund independent Congressional experts and public participation in policy Cory Doctorow

trump US Treasury goes after Russia troll farm founder's planes and yachts Xeni Jardin

trump Immigrant detention facility driver slams truck into protesters, causing serious injuries Xeni Jardin