security When FBI complained, Apple dumped plans for encrypted iPhone backups: Report Xeni Jardin

politics Justifying police violence, Trump lies about Buffalo man bleeding from ear after police attack Xeni Jardin

News Meet Rahul Dubey, 'absolute legend' who sheltered ~70 protestors inside his home for 8 hours overnight Xeni Jardin

nihilism Two great deep-dives mine the endless hole at the bottom of Mitch McConnell's inhumanity Thom Dunn

trump Why tabloid reporters are like Donald Trump Peter Sheridan

baking Pandemic sourdough: the first loaf with my new starter Jason Weisberger

bongbong Not all CDB drops are created equal: I found the best Matt Maranian

Health Care Healthcare choice in America is a scam, according to the people who came up with it Thom Dunn

health Ars Technica's dunk on Gwyneth Paltrow's Netflix series is the best dunk of all Cory Doctorow

sports Boos vs. 'USA!' as Trump and Melania take field for National Anthem at college football championship Xeni Jardin

Entertainment Netflix's "The Circle" is my seventh layer of hell, and I can't stop watching it Thom Dunn

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

grifters George Zimmerman is suing Trayvon Martin's mother for $100M in order to promote a movie Thom Dunn

usausausa FCC Chairman Pai's former employer, Verizon, lied about coverage, and then Pai tried to bury the news Cory Doctorow

climate change UK officials blame asthmatics for the carbon footprints of 180,000 cars Thom Dunn

Games Review / Control Rob Beschizza

finance Rep Katie Porter: an Elizabeth Warren protege and single mom who destroys bumbling, mediocre rich guys in Congressional hearings Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Republic of Lies: the rise of conspiratorial thinking and the actual conspiracies that fuel it Cory Doctorow

Joe Biden The misadventures of Corn Pop and Joe Gina Loukareas