politics Idiocracy is coming back to theaters in time for election Andrea James

animation Beavis and Butt-head are coming back David Pescovitz

trump John Bolton's book, packed with dirt on Trump, is out tomorrow Rob Beschizza

remixes Watch this great 60s biker movie with modern actors and effects digitally added Mark Frauenfelder

music Watch this far-out Bootsy Collins cartoon pilot from 1996 David Pescovitz

coronavirus Hank Hill will not be kicking anyone's ass today Rob Beschizza

politics In leaked audio, Michael Bloomberg defends racial profiling: "throw them up against the wall" Rob Beschizza

privacy Facebook pays $550m settlement over illegally-collected facial recognition data Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

Copyfight Public Domain Game Jam: what games can you design with the bounty of 1924? Cory Doctorow

racism Meet the Krazy Klown Kavalcade of racists, homophobes, islamophobes and transphobes serving as appointed South Carolina magistrates Cory Doctorow

security Why is Facebook's iOS app accessing my camera while I do unrelated things, users ask Xeni Jardin

late stage capitalism Schadenfreude watch: Porno copyright trolls' investors sue, say the grifters they backed stole their money (the grifters say their lawyer stole the money from them first!) Cory Doctorow

abortion Federal judge considers blocking Mississippi 'fetal heartbeat' abortion ban Xeni Jardin

trump Mueller team says person 'connected to' Congress tried to limit Flynn cooperation Xeni Jardin

law Virginia judge rules automated license plate data collection by police is illegal Xeni Jardin

picks Adnan Syed’s conviction reinstated by Maryland Court of Appeals Xeni Jardin

hotbot or not This website is a Hot-or-Not for fake people Mark Frauenfelder

race Police lobbyist: cops will not be motivated to stop crime unless they are allowed to steal people's stuff Cory Doctorow

corruption Washington State sheriff used courtroom camera to zoom in on defense attorney and juror's private notes Cory Doctorow