trump As with Nicaragua, so too America Seamus Bellamy

books This book explains how to tell when your country's going to hell and how to stop it Seamus Bellamy

Post-truth is pre-fascism Excellent Atlantic article about QAnon and how it is becoming an anti-Enlightenment religion Mark Frauenfelder

conspiracy theorists David Icke banned from Facebook Rob Beschizza

coronavirus Right-wing websites are weighing the pros and cons of letting people die from coronavirus to help the economy Thom Dunn

music Douglas Rushkoff on Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (1950-2020) Douglas Rushkoff

prison Why aren't more conservatives concerned about felon voting rights? Thom Dunn

Business Gaming's #MeToo moment: male fragility versus women's fundamental rights Cory Doctorow

books Rage Inside the Machine: an insightful, brilliant critique of AI's computer science, sociology, philosophy and economics Cory Doctorow

mental health It's possible to be paralyzed by choice Seamus Bellamy

california Fur industry paid protesters to attend California and New York hearings on a fur ban Cory Doctorow

books Rage Inside the Machine: an insightful, brilliant critique of AI's computer science, sociology, philosophy and economics Cory Doctorow

queen Bohemian Chanukah: 'Is this the eighth night, we light with family?' Rusty Blazenhoff

venezuela Bolton unveils extreme foreign policy changes in Central & South America days after autocrat Bolsonaro takes power in Brazil Seamus Bellamy

privacy Edward Snowden on Malkia Cyril, a multigenerational black rights activist on the front lines of the surveillance wars Cory Doctorow

#metoo Disgraced radio host publishes 7000-word pity piece about himself in Harper's Rob Beschizza

racists Gentleman who thinks Confederates were the good guys in the Civil War gets epically self-owned Mark Frauenfelder

History Gentleman who thinks Confederates were the good guys in the Civil War gets epically self-owned Rob Beschizza

rip John McCain's farewell to America Gina Loukareas

art Former Archbishop of Canterbury on Tolkien as a warning against fascism Rob Beschizza