fox news Tucker Carlson's head writer fired after online harassment and bigotry exposed Rob Beschizza
police Police militarization is objectively bad for police and for society, according to science Thom Dunn
racism As Texas's Lt. Governor rants about Dr. Fauci, Fox News plays montage of minorities in face masks Rob Beschizza
Welome to Gilead Barr gives DEA power to investigate people protesting George Floyd's murder Mark Frauenfelder
Technology Amazon used a China firm on U.S. blacklist for thermal cameras to monitor workers for COVID-19 fever Xeni Jardin
politics In leaked audio, Michael Bloomberg defends racial profiling: "throw them up against the wall" Rob Beschizza
science fiction Welcome to 2020 and your annual State of the World discussion with Bruce Sterling, Jon Lebkowsky and The WELL Cory Doctorow
politics Something Awful's "Fuck You and Die" forum went from freewheeling jokesters to Nazi shitposters, so it's dead Cory Doctorow
animals Some idiot painted graffiti on a Russian polar bear and now the animal likely won't survive David Pescovitz
AI Second wave Algorithmic Accountability: from "What should algorithms do?" to "Should we use an algorithm?" Cory Doctorow
china Leaked documents document China's plan for mass arrests and concentration-camp internment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow
china Massive leak of Chinese government documents reveal the "no mercy" plan for Muslims in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow
