language Reviving the Independence of Cyberspace Sean O'Brien

language Why swearing can be a good fucking way to sound convincing David Pescovitz

language The Germans have a word for all your hard-to-process Trump emotions Cory Doctorow

nsa The NSA's new "core values" statement no longer includes "honor," "honesty" or "openness" Cory Doctorow

language "Whatever" tops list of annoying words Rob Beschizza

web theory Sexysenator.com, americanjerks.com, toddlerjail.com and other unregistered domains Cory Doctorow

uk The BBC has a pidgin service Cory Doctorow

web theory The brewing crisis over the pile of poo emoji Cory Doctorow

design Khaled Ipsum: uplifting dummy text from the wit and wisdom of DJ Khaled Cory Doctorow

Science Horses' facial expressions similar to those of humans David Pescovitz

language What English-language courtroom dramas sounds like to Swedes Rob Beschizza

Business America's worst patent judge gets a scorching language lesson from the appeals court Cory Doctorow

History Hapax legomenon: the classicist's googlewhack Cory Doctorow

Business Sweary mums are scaring off Mumsnet's advertisers Cory Doctorow

Funny Is your child texting about anarcho-communism? Cory Doctorow

scholarship Algorithms can write fake reviews that humans rate as "helpful" Cory Doctorow

web theory A (flawed) troll-detection tool maps America's most and least toxic places Cory Doctorow

books American books are getting swearier Cory Doctorow

science fiction Man, cops sure do love calling their surveillance programs "Skynet" Cory Doctorow

language This guy is the world's first emoji translator Rusty Blazenhoff