surveillance Business is booming for the surveillance state Andrea James

police brutality Texas cop shoots black woman dead in her own home, through her window Rob Beschizza

france Is France's capital city lying to its citizens about a new audio surveillance project? Seamus Bellamy

makers Activist blacksmith teaches gun violence survivors to melt down guns and turn them into farm implements Cory Doctorow

books For rent on Airbnb: Hunter S. Thompson's Woody Creek guest cabin David Pescovitz

picks Venezuela military coup? Guns fired at Maduro protesters, Internet blocked, Guaidó with soldiers claims ‘final phase’ Xeni Jardin

music THE BUREAU: Part Five, "The President Has Been Shot!" — with an RF Nomad Shortwave Radio Receiver Ethan Persoff

picks Chicago: Shooting at Mercy Hospital, police officer and suspect among 'multiple victims' Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Scenes from the Bangalore Literature Festival Jasmina Tesanovic

picks How a prisoner's amazing drawings of golf courses set him free Xeni Jardin

corruption The sheriffs who cheered Trump's attack on the press have long histories of shady dealings, revealed by the press Cory Doctorow

surveillance Toronto's aural panic: why we need digital rights now Lilian Radovac

death Nicaragua's Ortega says everything's fine while protestors continue to die in the street Seamus Bellamy

neglecting gun safety Loaded gun stored in an oven gets too hot and shoots owner Carla Sinclair

happy mutants Exit West: beautifully wrought novel about refugees, mobility and borders Cory Doctorow

guns 58 killed and at least 515 injured by gunman in Vegas Rob Beschizza

Culture Uncanny Japan podcast Rob Beschizza

picks Shooting at San Bernardino Elementary School Planned as Murder-Suicide, Authorities Say Xeni Jardin

picks Charleston shooter Dylann Roof found guilty in racist 2015 massacre of 9 black church members Xeni Jardin

picks Voting Day: 1 dead, multiple people shot near CA polling station; active shooter heavily armed Xeni Jardin