paragliding Paraglider loses control as dust devil flings him around Carla Sinclair

Technology Zoom shares your information with Facebook, lawsuit says Xeni Jardin

baking Baking through the pandemic: Sourdough starter day 2 Jason Weisberger

copyright A pair of musicians recorded every possible MIDI melody just to get around copyright law Thom Dunn

tabloids An Epstein tell-all, a vengeful Queen wannabe, and Harry & Meghan’s final insult, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

surveillance What it's like inside the CIA during Donald Trump's "Deep State" purge Thom Dunn

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

star wars There are no humans in Star Wars, so what are the creatures we are watching? John Struan

happy mutants Naomi Kritzer's "Catfishing on the CatNet": an AI caper about the true nature of online friendship Cory Doctorow

Disney The case for breaking up Disney Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Kelly Link and Gavin Grant have bought a bookstore! Cory Doctorow

china How China ingests and adapts western culture Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Stackable desktop microterrariums Cory Doctorow

racism Facebook says white nationalist and white separatist content now officially banned from platform Xeni Jardin

fake news Royal bombshells, Obama’s boozing daughter, and if Star Trek’s Captain Kirk was a cat, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

facebook Google, Facebook and Microsoft were the top sponsors of a conference that featured climate change denial kooks Cory Doctorow

Science Chinese scientist who edited babies' genes has been fired and may face criminal charges David Pescovitz

Is it ok to toss your apple core or banana peel into the woods? David Pescovitz

late stage capitalism Yellow Vests stand for and against many contradictory things, but are united in opposition to oligarchy Cory Doctorow

corruption Europe's right-to-repair movement is surging — and winning Cory Doctorow