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cults Love Letters to Hitler Mike Shaughnessy

politics Clearview AI founder linked to Trump world and Far-Right, NYPD denies facial recognition firm's boast that it helped catch terrorist suspect Xeni Jardin

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

makers My top ten maker tips for 2019 Gareth Branwyn

AI Second wave Algorithmic Accountability: from "What should algorithms do?" to "Should we use an algorithm?" Cory Doctorow

AI Peter Thiel claims AI is "Leninist" and "literally communist" in a sprawling speech for a think tank Thom Dunn

happy mutants Learning to See the Commons David Bollier and Silke Helfrich

climate change Florida GOP finally admits that maybe they shouldn't have banned the phrase "climate change" after all Thom Dunn

books The American Library Association says Melvil Dewey is canceled John Struan

Business Gaming's #MeToo moment: male fragility versus women's fundamental rights Cory Doctorow

Business Insiders claim that Google's internet-fixing Jigsaw is a toxic vanity project for its founder, where women keep a secret post-crying touchup kit in the bathroom Cory Doctorow

wifi You might need to upgrade your WIFI router Jason Weisberger

monopolism The story of how Buffalo's oldest, best-established Black neighborhood was literally wiped off the map is a perfect parable about systemic bias — UPDATED Cory Doctorow

corruption The Sackler Family: best known for philanthropy, they made billions promoting Oxycontin Cory Doctorow

NASA How to decode the images on the Voyager Golden Record Ron Barry

trump Aliens destroy U.S. nukes, Trump defeats N Korea, and Blac Chyna goes “classier,” in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants How to: Criticize technology Cory Doctorow

panama papers It's the criminal economy, stupid! Kathi Vian and Mark Frauenfelder

rape culture The Jackie Fox rape disclosure shows we still have a lot to learn Maureen Herman