law A brilliant, simple exercise to teach privacy fundamentals Cory Doctorow

tabloids Predator priests, Game of Thrones, and why Italians don’t use Viagra, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

apple Apple bans an app because Hong Kong protesters might use it to avoid the murderous, out of control police Cory Doctorow

politics A Fresh Voice for San Francisco Shahid Buttar

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politics Study finds that people vote for strongman "dominance" leaders when they they feel out of control of their lives Cory Doctorow

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

shakespeare Which Shakespeare character is Hillary Clinton and should we be worried? William Lashner

obama President Obama's final State of the Union address Xeni Jardin

race Armed domestic terrorists take over federal building, but it's OK, they're white Cory Doctorow

crime How a romance-scam victim laundered $1.1M worth of other victims' money Cory Doctorow

corruption Why I'm leaving London Cory Doctorow

lethem The Ecstasist: A Conversation with the Novelist Jonathan Lethem Mark Dery

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