podcast A podcast where a straight white man listens to people from different walks of life Rusty Blazenhoff

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

blackwater Blackwater founder Erik Prince used ex-spies to infiltrate liberal groups for Project Veritas Thom Dunn

Gadgets Make good on that New Year's resolution to read more with these apps and speed reading techniques Boing Boing's Shop

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

elections This Thanksgiving, don't have a political argument, have a "structured organizing conversation" Cory Doctorow

privacy The top FBI lawyer who tried to force Apple to backdoor its crypto now says working crypto is essential to public safety and national security Cory Doctorow

elections Zuckerberg: President Warren would "suck" for Facebook Cory Doctorow

privacy Interoperability and Privacy: Squaring the Circle Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Because Internet: the new linguistics of informal English Cory Doctorow

corruption A trove of leaks show that Brazil's "anti-corruption" task force was secretly trying to oust Lula and install a far-right strongman Cory Doctorow

changing minds CES unrevokes robotics prize to women's sex toy Mark Frauenfelder

books The National Security Sublime: On the Aesthetics of Government Secrecy Matthew Potolsky

racism Facebook says white nationalist and white separatist content now officially banned from platform Xeni Jardin

privacy Zuckerberg announces a comprehensive plan for a new, privacy-focused Facebook, but fails to mention data sharing and ad targeting Cory Doctorow

social anxiety Study shows eye contact is not needed for enjoyable conversation Mark Frauenfelder

review This TARDIS Grows Weed with Artificial Intelligence, PART 2 Richard Metzger

canada CBC's longstanding tech columnist condemns the broadcaster's cozy relationship with Facebook Cory Doctorow

privacy Customizable ethics checklists for Big Data researchers Cory Doctorow