hats Say 'good riddance' to 2017 with these NYE party hats Rusty Blazenhoff

music Watch Blondie's Debbie Harry on a pogo stick explaining the punk Pogo dance (1978) David Pescovitz

Technology UK antitrust watchdog to investigate Facebook acquisition of Giphy Xeni Jardin

censorship Read the text of Trump's draft Executive Order about Social Media Thom Dunn

gaming February is "Snag-a-Normie" month in tabletop gaming Gareth Branwyn

web theory Distinguishing between "platforms" and "aggregators" in competition law Cory Doctorow

Business Behind the One-Way Mirror: EFF's "deep dive into corporate surveillance" Cory Doctorow

surveillance Amazon's surveillance doorbell marketers help cops get warrantless access to video footage from peoples' homes Cory Doctorow

surveillance Amazon's secret deals with cops gave corporate PR a veto over everything the cops said about their products Cory Doctorow

trumpism #Rickyrenuncia: Bowing to popular pressure, Puerto Rican governor Ricardo Rossello has resigned Cory Doctorow

apple Apple disables Walkie Talkie app for Apple Watch over eavesdropping vulnerability Xeni Jardin

elections Bernie Sanders will use a tax on Wall Street speculators to wipe out $1.6 trillion in US student debt Cory Doctorow

corruption A trove of leaks show that Brazil's "anti-corruption" task force was secretly trying to oust Lula and install a far-right strongman Cory Doctorow

howdy doody time The Booty Duty bag: tactical toiletry for camping, fishing and hunting Jason Weisberger

facebook What the FTC should do AFTER it fines Facebook $3-5B Cory Doctorow

law Germany demands an end to working cryptography Cory Doctorow

security Discovering whether your Iphone has been hacked is nearly impossible thanks to Apple's walled garden Cory Doctorow

facebook Facebook never delivered its "Clear History" feature Cory Doctorow

politics Trump hires new lawyer who says not to hand over tax returns as Democrats demand Xeni Jardin

fake news Angelina’s boozing, Prince Charles’ divorce, and college entry cheat Lori Loughlin “tells all,” in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan