publishing Elsevier: "It's illegal to Sci-Hub." Also Elsevier: "We link to Sci-Hub all the time." Cory Doctorow

petard Corporations form coalition to ask a court to ban coalitions (of people the corporations have screwed over) Cory Doctorow

video Cecily Strong weighs in on the fauxminist epidemic Andrea James

corruption Lawsuit forces DoJ to admit that Obama administration sneakily killed transparency bill Cory Doctorow

videos Public Citizen's Fox News ad shows Trump putting a fox in every henhouse Cory Doctorow

art “Pussy boat” artist found guilty of obscenity in Japan Mark Frauenfelder

art Interview with imprisoned "vagina selfie" artist Mark Frauenfelder

art Japanese artist goes on trial over "vagina selfies" Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Covid-1984 bullshit Reporter asks why Trump cult covidiots won't wear masks Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Do the tabloids deserve a government bailout? This week’s dubious offerings make a poor case for their survival. Peter Sheridan

trump "Live and Let Die" played for Trump during factory tour Rob Beschizza

native americans The Trump administration is blowing up a religious burial site to make room for their stupid wall Thom Dunn

surveillance FBI honors MLK Jr. Day by celebrating man they gaslit, surveilled, tried to drive to suicide Thom Dunn

happy mutants Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments": a long-awaited Handmaid's Tale sequel fulfills its promise Cory Doctorow