education Harvard and MIT are suing over the Trump administration's student immigration ruling Thom Dunn
immigration CBP went against court orders and deported an Iranian student with a fully legal presence in the country Thom Dunn
racism Lawyer for gun-toting St. Louis couple describes his clients as "melanin-deficient human beings" Thom Dunn
coronavirus Florida Pastor arrested after encouraging people to come to church in person during the coronavirus lockdown Thom Dunn
Enjoy this Star Trek fan's delightful "Ode to Spock" recorded after the Vulcan's film death in 1982 David Pescovitz
us news Delta Flight 89 en route LAX for emergency landing dumps jet fuel on school playground in Cudahy — 17 children, 9 adults treated Xeni Jardin
authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Tiny alterations in training data can introduce "backdoors" into machine learning models Cory Doctorow
china Leaked documents document China's plan for mass arrests and concentration-camp internment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism After unsuccessful legislative reform, German radicals defy the law to dumpster-dive at grocery stores Cory Doctorow
education Profiles of young Americans who entered voluntary exile rather than paying their student loans Cory Doctorow
religion Probing a mysterious network of dropshippers, evangelicals, crapgadgets, and semi-vacant Manhattan department stores Cory Doctorow
Entertainment ‘SpongeBob Squarepants’ creator Stephen Hillenburg has died of ALS. He was 57. Xeni Jardin
