videos Tory voters: are you happy with your purchase? Cory Doctorow

Business Plagued by security woes, Zoom promises end-to-end encryption starting in July Xeni Jardin

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politics House Dems press Secret Service on payments to Trump Xeni Jardin

fashion Fashion arts student stuns the crowd with his latex balloon creations that transform into dresses Gareth Branwyn

Business U-Haul decides to stop hiring nicotine users Xeni Jardin

Technology As gas tax revenues drop, states like Utah want EVs to pay for road upkeep Xeni Jardin

art Watch Laurie Anderson's fantastic "What You Mean We?" (1986) from PBS's Alive from Off Center David Pescovitz

happy mutants San Diego's Mysterious Galaxy bookstore is saved! Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Part two of my novella "Martian Chronicles" on Escape Pod: who cleans the toilets in libertopia? Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Jonathan Lethem on Edward Snowden's "Permanent Record" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants David Byrne's Luaka Bop label is releasing a compilation of "secular gospel" from the 1970s, with liner notes by Jonathan Lethem Cory Doctorow

law Germany demands an end to working cryptography Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The 2019 Locus Award nominees: your guide to the best sf/f of 2018 Cory Doctorow

class war Assessing Occupy's legacy Cory Doctorow

happy mutants 2019 Hugo Award finalists announced Cory Doctorow

security Dark markets have evolved to use encrypted messengers and dead-drops Cory Doctorow

surveillance Oh for fuck's sake, not this fucking bullshit again (cryptography edition) Cory Doctorow

Business America's economic growth has come from subprime borrowing by the poorest 60% Cory Doctorow

art Graffiti has been a part of military life for at least 5,000 years Seamus Bellamy