rolling stone Rolling Stone fired a writer over his bad Hootie and the Blowfish review Andrea James

books Number-crunching the New York Times' bestseller list is not a good look for diversity Thom Dunn

police Protesting is a non-essential activity, according to the Raleigh Police Department Thom Dunn

Technology Clearview AI clients: Best Buy, Walmart, ICE, DOJ, FBI, 2,200+ companies and law enforcement agencies Xeni Jardin

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

art Artist Drew Friedman has an exhibit at Ohio State University Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Jonathan Lethem on Edward Snowden's "Permanent Record" Cory Doctorow

security In Cambridge Analytica clean-up, Facebook says it killed 'Tens of Thousands' of apps Xeni Jardin

politics Former FBI director Andrew McCabe indictment imminent? Trump's federal prosecutors appear to be scheming Xeni Jardin

youtube YouTube pushes children's videos to pedophiles through content recommendation engine Xeni Jardin

Working with Trump destroys your reputation, but who cares? Rob Beschizza

Business Amazon drops New York HQ2 plans after organized resistance Xeni Jardin

Journalism The problem with all the mistakes in Jill Abramson's book on journalism is you'll never know who wrote them Rob Beschizza

Business Maybe Amazon HQ2 won't happen in New York after all? Xeni Jardin

puzzles This is what 'going viral' looks like Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants Jay Rosen's "Letter to My Network: Join The Correspondent" Jay Rosen

picks Elon Musk again insinuates cave diver is a pedophile: "You don't think it's strange he hasn't sued me?" Rob Beschizza

wildlife Raccoon climbs up side of skyscraper as world watches with bated breath, then is captured and released to wild Rusty Blazenhoff

trumpism California Senate votes to reinstate Net Neutrality, now it goes to the State Assembly Cory Doctorow

urban theory Remembering the NYC Citibike backlash, on their fifth anniversary Cory Doctorow