Business Guillotine watch: The executives who bankrupted Toys R Us this year want $16M-$32M in bonuses for their performance Cory Doctorow

politics Scott Walker, saddled with $1.2m debt from failed presidential bid, pawns his own donors Cory Doctorow

occupy Seattle activists have established a 6-block autonomous zone around an abandoned police station Thom Dunn

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vote California Republicans sue to stop mail-in voter ballots Thom Dunn

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late stage capitalism Doomsday Preppers are now selling timeshares, too Thom Dunn

Business U-Haul decides to stop hiring nicotine users Xeni Jardin

books A profile of Cliff "Cuckoo's Egg" Stoll, a pioneering "hacker hunter" Cory Doctorow

scholarship Facebook promised to provide academics data to study disinformation, but their foot-dragging has endangered the whole project Cory Doctorow

charity Charitable Giving Guide 2019 Boing Boing

politics Read the whistleblower complaint about Donald Trump Rob Beschizza

privacy Australia wants to kill consent requirement in proposed data-sharing legislation, calls it "nuance" Cory Doctorow

Business Insiders claim that Google's internet-fixing Jigsaw is a toxic vanity project for its founder, where women keep a secret post-crying touchup kit in the bathroom Cory Doctorow

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