Gadgets These earplugs are engineered to save your hearing without messing with your music Boing Boing's Shop
immigration CBP went against court orders and deported an Iranian student with a fully legal presence in the country Thom Dunn
happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz
finance Rep Katie Porter: an Elizabeth Warren protege and single mom who destroys bumbling, mediocre rich guys in Congressional hearings Cory Doctorow
trump Trump to rob Homeland Security of $270M, including $155M in FEMA disaster relief, to pay for migrant detention Xeni Jardin
corruption Leaks reveal that disgraced, hacked surveillance company wrote Republican Congressman's border security talking-points Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Make the internet better by empowering users, not by demanding that platforms implement automated filters Cory Doctorow
alt-right terroristic threats Two police officers fired for Facebook post encouraging the murder of Ocasio-Cortez Mark Frauenfelder
racism For years, the chief of the Border Patrol was a member of the secret CBP Facebook group for racist and threatening chatter Cory Doctorow
big tech FTC asks Congress to create national privacy law to regulate big tech's use of personal data Xeni Jardin
politics Paul Manafort sentenced to 47 months in prison in Virginia trial, sentencing in Washington DC case next week Xeni Jardin
trumpism Blockbuster Gizmodo investigation reveals probable masterminds of the massive anti-Net Neutrality identity theft/astroturf campaign Cory Doctorow
a fox for every henhouse Top FTC official is so such a corporate shill that he has conflicts of interest for 100 companies, including Equifax and Facebook Cory Doctorow
picks Google, Amazon, Twitter, other Big Tech to Congress: New California data privacy rules too tough Xeni Jardin
finance Big Tech is losing the public's trust in just the same way that Big Finance has Cory Doctorow
