COVID-19 A train engineer in California took the Trolley Problem way too literally and did it bad Thom Dunn
History Powerful Iwo Jima WWII footage shot by marines in combat and never seen publicly David Pescovitz
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
privacy AI Now's annual report: stop doing "emotion detection"; stop "socially sensitive" facial recognition; make AI research diverse and representative — and more Cory Doctorow
Alien invasion base on the moon, Michael Jackson’s body missing, and Prince Harry’s clash with Trump, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Business Self-insurer Walmart flies its sick employees to out-of-state specialists to avoid local price-gougers Cory Doctorow
Business Not customers: doctors have patients, libraries have patrons, lawyers have clients and teachers have students Cory Doctorow
trump Ukraine asks Canada to continue training troops to oppose Russia's invasive bullshit Seamus Bellamy
late stage capitalism Med students are being paid to act as Instagram "influencers" on behalf of cosmetics and other products Cory Doctorow
News Bill Cosby jailed for 3 to 10 years after judge rules hims a "sexually violent predator" Rob Beschizza
