science fiction Philip K. Dick: "If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others" David Pescovitz
animal crossing "Animal crossing is a political hypothesis about how a different kind of world might work Dash with no losers" – Bogost Mark Frauenfelder
criminals Incarcerated fraudster Martin Shkreli says he can cure coronavirus if he's released from prison Mark Frauenfelder
fixed it for you Scholar finds John Milton's copy of Shakespeare, marked up with corrections and improvements Clive Thompson
Disinfotainment Why is Twitter's takedown of accounts spreading disinformation from China such a big deal? Mark Frauenfelder
happy mutants Thomas Piketty's new book uses data to trace how inequality changes ideology Cory Doctorow
History Mystery deepens: dead of Skeleton Lake weren't killed by a hailstorm, say scientists Rob Beschizza
bronze age wisdom Florida's new Board of Education chairman: “I won’t support any evolution being taught as fact at all in any of our schools.” Mark Frauenfelder
computer science AI is like a magic trick: amazing until it goes wrong, then revealed as a cheap and brittle effect Cory Doctorow
illegitimate presidents Trump poll numbers went up each time Russian Internet Research Agency Twitter accounts became active: Study Xeni Jardin
