podcasts A great new podcast explores the cultural and political impact of the Only Band That Matters: the Clash Thom Dunn

censorship Church of England refuses to allow foreign language on a gravestone, calling it a "political statement" Thom Dunn

interviews Talking adventure games with Olivia Wood Jeffery Klaehn

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

Science We need a "science of the night" David Pescovitz

tabloids Killing the Queen, John Lennon’s murder, and William Shatner’s talking horses in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

censorship UK's oldest ISP blames DoS attack on attempt to suppress human rights report about West Papua (read it now!) Cory Doctorow

glam Triple Chaser: a short documentary that uses machine learning to document tear gas use against civilians, calling out "philanthropist" Warren Kanders for his company's war-crimes Cory Doctorow

trump London police official warns journalists not to publish leaks on pain of imprisonment Cory Doctorow

wikileaks Waiting For Assange: A Tragicomedy Tweet Thread Xeni Jardin

fake news CIA helped Hitler hide after WWII, Prince Harry’s real dad, and Freddie Mercury’s secret son, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants "London Cries": the merchants' patter of 19th Century London Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Happy Public Domain day: for real, for the first time in 20 years! Cory Doctorow

eu The EU could give every European the #RightToRepair, but lobbyists will kill it unless we take action! Ugo Vallauri

security The true story of Notpetya: a Russian cyberweapon that escaped and did $10B in worldwide damage Cory Doctorow

filmmaking Kubrick explains the ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey in rare video clip Gareth Branwyn

uk London cops are using an unregulated, 98% inaccurate facial recognition tech Cory Doctorow

Turtle that breathes through its genitals is now endangered Clive Thompson

london Man spontaneously combusts Rob Beschizza

art We are Not a Monolith: Portraits of Muslim women by Tasneem, photographer who's also a Muslim woman Xeni Jardin