spooks Latvia opens up its KGB files and names 4,000+ "informants," many of whom claim they were framed Cory Doctorow
the lincoln project The Lincoln Project's new ad: Navy Seal asks why Trump isn't "stomping the living shit out" of the Russians Carla Sinclair
music Monday: New Order's Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris's streaming tribute to Joy Division's Ian Curtis David Pescovitz
Entertainment Boris and the Bomb: a fast paced and funny indie flick that is now on Amazon Prime Jason Weisberger
putin Putin just demonstrated how a leader can constitutionally lock himself into power forever Thom Dunn
authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow
intellectual property Leah Moore, Alan Moore's daughter, offers a compassionate defense of her father's infamous crankiness Thom Dunn
security Massive trove of Russian spy-agency docs hacked from private sector contractor and passed onto media Cory Doctorow
hacking team Coinbase bought a company founded by disgraced cybermercenaries from Hacking Team, and now Coinbase users are trying unsuccessfully to delete their accounts Cory Doctorow
horror Melania's 2018 White House holiday decor includes blood-red trees and a 'Be Best' pencil wreath Rusty Blazenhoff
politics Mueller indicts 12 Russian military officers for election hacking, says DCLeaks & Guccifer 2.0 were Russia intel Xeni Jardin