music Watch the earliest footage of Bauhaus playing live (1979) David Pescovitz

tabloids America set to be nuked, anarchy in the US, and the men who knew too much, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

punk rock Celebrate Emma Goldman's birthday (belatedly) with this radical song Thom Dunn

security After ransomware took Baltimore hostage, Maryland introduces legislation that bans disclosing the bugs ransomware exploits Cory Doctorow

kentucky One of the poorest, most desperate regions in Appalachia is experiencing an economic miracle thanks to fiber run by a New Deal-era co-op Cory Doctorow

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Copyfight Happy Public Domain day: for real, for the first time in 20 years! Cory Doctorow

immigration The American right loves forms, paperwork and other bureaucracy Cory Doctorow

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trumpism "Europe's last dictator" finally finds the limits to power: taxing the unemployed during a recession Cory Doctorow

canada 6 killed in terror attack on Quebec mosque Rob Beschizza

uk Brexit's proposed racist immigration policy will backfire Cory Doctorow

music Hear The National, War on Drugs, Jenny Lewis, and others play the Grateful Dead David Pescovitz

media CIA recruited a hooker to kill Scalia: National Enquirer Peter Sheridan

Drones and the rise of the high-tech assassins Andrew Cockburn

youtube How crowdfunding helps haters profit from harassment Jay Allen

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