History National Archives now curates GIFs Andrea James

racism The US Department of Justice was originally created to tackle white supremacy Thom Dunn

Chaos in America, O.J. Simpson framed by cops, and Brad Pitt’s saggy butt, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

History This unlucky fellow was the first person to have been killed by a meteorite in recorded history David Pescovitz

politics New U.S. Department of Health spokesman deletes racist rant from Twitter Rob Beschizza

ireland Elf-shooting is a disease from which cows suffer. Thom Dunn

tabloids Worst Royal crisis ever spells the end of the monarchy, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

photography The Smithsonian just released 2.8 million images into the public domain David Pescovitz

politics National Archive to let ICE destroy documents Rob Beschizza

transparency How the Trump administration is putting public records under threat, so history may never know the awful things they did Thom Dunn

cults Love Letters to Hitler Mike Shaughnessy

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

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

politics National Archives admits censoring Trump criticism from photo of Womens' March Rob Beschizza

security Schneier: "It's really too late to secure 5G networks" Cory Doctorow

canada Internal docs reveal that Canada's Exxon subsidiary knew about climate change risks and lied about it for decades Cory Doctorow

animals These are the bullets that killed JFK David Pescovitz

Business China tech firms shape new facial recognition and surveillance standards at UN: Report Xeni Jardin

native americans The White House declared the first "National American History and Founders Month" — and forgot about Native Americans Thom Dunn

infosec After banning working cryptography and raiding whistleblowers, Australia's spies ban speakers from national infosec conference Cory Doctorow