Business A sweeping new tech bill from Silicon Valley Democrats promises privacy, interoperability, and protection from algorithmic discrimination and manipulation Cory Doctorow

Business Peter Thiel's Palantir to IPO within weeks, start trading before election Xeni Jardin

politics Steve King loses Iowa Republican Primary Rob Beschizza

george floyd Minneapolis police have allegedly blinded a photojournalist permanently in one eye Thom Dunn

facebook 'GrokNet', the AI behind Facebook Shops, looks for body type, skin tone, location, socioeconomic class in photos Xeni Jardin

COVID-19 Is anyone surprised?: "Reopen America" is an astroturf campaign Gareth Branwyn

Funny Grim Reaper visits Florida beaches as Gov. DeSantis lifts COVID-19 restrictions Xeni Jardin

Science South Dakota's Republican governor resisted Coronavirus stay-at-home order, now it's a COVID-19 hot spot Xeni Jardin

ice New undercover recruitments recordings expose ICE's entrapment tactics at their fake university Thom Dunn

propaganda Scandals hit US Agency for Global Media which runs VOA, Radio Martí, TV Martí Xeni Jardin

Gadgets 6 notebooks designed to jump-start your productivity Boing Boing's Shop

happy mutants Just look at this banana-based feminist protest movement in Poland. Cory Doctorow

putin Russian agent Maria Butina sentenced to 18 months in prison Xeni Jardin

twitter Why Jack hasn't banned Nazis on Twitter Xeni Jardin

animation How the sushi-making scene in Isle of Dogs was made Mark Frauenfelder

politics #ProtectMueller protests demand justice, “Trump is not above the law.” (Video, Photos) Xeni Jardin

happy mutants RIP, Little Free Library founder Todd H. Bol Cory Doctorow

picks Why is the Trump administration quiet on Jamal Khashoggi's alleged murder? Xeni Jardin

Funny God mad at Trump: photo proof! David Pescovitz

politics Trump threatens to revoke security clearance of intel chiefs who criticize him (LOL, half those guys lost theirs already) Xeni Jardin