picks As Trump's racist regime takes power, FBI reports a surge in hate crimes against Muslims and others Xeni Jardin
racism CA state Corrections worker hit and threw hot coffee on volleyball-playing Muslim guy in park Xeni Jardin
statues The last time a Frederick Douglass statue was vandalized in Rochester, it was because of drunk college kids Thom Dunn
jeffrey epstein The "Jeffrey Epstein's Financial Assistant Scheme" is a 2020 twist on the classic Nigerian Prince Scam Thom Dunn
police violence A US Air Force Sergeant linked to Boogaloo Bois charged with killing police officer Thom Dunn
podcasts A new podcast explores the CIA's involvement with writing a hit song for the Scorpions Thom Dunn
Technology Damien Patton, CEO of tech surveillance company Banjo, once helped KKK shoot up a synagogue: Report Xeni Jardin
politics Clearview AI founder linked to Trump world and Far-Right, NYPD denies facial recognition firm's boast that it helped catch terrorist suspect Xeni Jardin
privacy "Edge AI": encapsulating machine learning classifiers in lightweight, energy-efficient, airgapped chips Cory Doctorow
dolphins There's a non-zero possibility that Iran has a fleet of Communist assassin dolphins Thom Dunn
weapons of math destruction Airbnb has software that searches social media to identify creeps and psychopaths Mark Frauenfelder
politics Marianne Williamson assails Trump for pardoning Charles Manson's corpse (he hasn't) Rob Beschizza
