facebook Study: Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety Rob Beschizza
Business Frustrated game devs automated the production of 1,500 terrible slot machine apps and actually made money Cory Doctorow
History The wonderful You Must Remember This podcast returns to tell the secret history of Disney's most racist movie, Song of the South Cory Doctorow
better living through toad juice People in a study who snorted dried toad secretions once became happier for a month Mark Frauenfelder
web theory Traverse City, MI braves the wrath of telcoms lobbyists, pushes ahead with municipal fiber network Cory Doctorow
web theory Massive, careful study finds that social media use is generally neutral for kids' happiness, and sometimes positive Cory Doctorow
Business Not customers: doctors have patients, libraries have patrons, lawyers have clients and teachers have students Cory Doctorow
Business Vizio exec: we'd have to charge a premium on "dumb" TVs to make up for the money we'll lose by not spying on you Cory Doctorow
sex crimes Man accused of strangling, masturbating on unconscious woman accepts plea deal with no jail time Mark Frauenfelder
cable company fuckery Everybody hates their cable company, unless the company is Google, or the city, or a tiny mom-and-pop Cory Doctorow
calls for genocide Former senior CIA official says it's "quite near time" for Trump supporters to kill Trump opponents Mark Frauenfelder
