tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
white supremacists Noted white nationalist and guy who got punched in the face Richard Spencer is "financially crippled" from lawsuit Thom Dunn
Gadgets No gas, no liquid, all heat: these plasma lighters are like having a lightsaber in your pocket Boing Boing's Shop
AI Peter Thiel claims AI is "Leninist" and "literally communist" in a sprawling speech for a think tank Thom Dunn
aliens The best evidence for extraterrestrials may be their massive engineering projects David Pescovitz
law James Alex Fields, Nazi who drove car into Charlottesville protesters, found guilty of murdering Heather Heyer Xeni Jardin
uk UN poverty envoy calls UK poverty a "political choice" that inflicted "great misery" Cory Doctorow
The 1995 Anime “Ghost in the Shell” is more relevant than ever in today’s technologically complex society Andrew D Maynard
privacy Edward Snowden on Malkia Cyril, a multigenerational black rights activist on the front lines of the surveillance wars Cory Doctorow
happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle