performance art WWE Smackdown without an audience is a like Beckett-esque absurdist theatre Thom Dunn
disasters Sci-fi author Ted Chiang on the disaster novel we're currently living through Gareth Branwyn
blackwater Blackwater founder Erik Prince used ex-spies to infiltrate liberal groups for Project Veritas Thom Dunn
tabloids Your dollar bills could kill you, and Prince Andrew tries to kill himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan
Business Apple told TV Plus showrunners to avoid plots that might upset Chinese officials Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Inventing a better future of work: the Working Futures science fiction anthology of better futures for workers and jobs Mike Masnick
gop Washington state rep Matt Shea secretly backed and organized terror-training camps to create child soldiers to fight in a race war Cory Doctorow
politics Former Trump campaign staffer Alva Johnson sues Trump, says he kissed her without consent before 2016 Florida rally Xeni Jardin
fake news Royal feud, Cosby’s hell, Aniston trapped, and alternate universes, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
fake news Michael Jackson is alive, Hillary is boozing, and a Buckingham Palace Sex Ring, in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan
happy mutants Teen's devastating bug-report on a "tamper-proof" cryptocurrency wallet shows why companies can't be left in charge of bad news about their products Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Syndicated strip or graphic novel? Lynn Johnston on doing For Better or For Worse in the internet age Lynn Johnston
web theory Complying with the new EU data protection directive requires a top-to-bottom redo of the adtech industry Cory Doctorow
trumpism Sources in Trump's White House report meetings to assemble a network of deniable wetwork/black ops spooks to target Trump's political enemies in the US and elsewhere Cory Doctorow
