politics Marco Rubio melts down on Twitter Rob Beschizza

facebook Facebook must pay $52M for 11,250 content moderators' mental health issues caused on the job Xeni Jardin

uk Opendemocracy: the Libdems tried to censor our article about their sale of voter data, then used a forged email to intimidate us Cory Doctorow

apple Apple reverses ban on HKmap.live app tracking Hong Kong protests & police Xeni Jardin

censorship Tiktok's internal policies are both weird and terrible Cory Doctorow

apple Apple bans an app because Hong Kong protesters might use it to avoid the murderous, out of control police Cory Doctorow

Weird New York Times: Navy pilots reported a rash of strange UFO encounters David Pescovitz

News Trump calls Americans who don't clap for him 'treasonous,' 'Un-American' while stock market drops Xeni Jardin

podcasts What scam artists can teach us about the human brain Mark Frauenfelder

NASA How to decode the images on the Voyager Golden Record Ron Barry

Business The new Apple campus has a 100,000 sqft gym and no daycare Cory Doctorow

politics Here's the weirdest, scariest stuff Trump said at 77-minute 'I’m not ranting and raving' meltdown Xeni Jardin

politics Echoing Infowars, Trump lies that 'very dishonest' U.S. press are covering up terror attacks Xeni Jardin

politics Clinton campaign breaks silence, demands declassification of Russian election hack intel Xeni Jardin

picks Lou Dobbs apologizes for (maybe) doxxing Jessica Leeds, one of Donald Trump's alleged sexual assault victims Xeni Jardin

picks Trump tax records reveal "he could have paid no federal income tax for decades" Xeni Jardin

picks Dakota Pipeline decision delayed to Sept. 9, thousands of indigenous activists continue protest Xeni Jardin

bigfoot This is either a petrified Bigfoot skull, or a rock David Pescovitz

Kids A look back at the D&D moral panic Cory Doctorow

Space Steven Hawking wants to send tiny 'nanocraft' space probes to Alpha Centauri Xeni Jardin