travel Airbnb's easily gamed reputation system and poor customer service allow scammers to thrive Cory Doctorow
arbitrage The "reverse supply chain": vast warehouses of deeply discounted, returned goods Cory Doctorow
police Chicago PD's predictive policing tool has been shut down after 8 years of catastrophically bad results Cory Doctorow
economics Profile of Mariana Mazzucato, the economist who's swaying both left and right politicians with talk of "the entrepreneurial state" Cory Doctorow
corruption Bernie supporters are the most diverse of any Democratic presidential contender Cory Doctorow
makers The tactical evolution of #HongKongProtests: bolted-down barricades and calling out businesses Cory Doctorow
politics Mayor accused of failing to fullfil road maintenance promises is dragged through the streets by angry voters Cory Doctorow
books Rage Inside the Machine: an insightful, brilliant critique of AI's computer science, sociology, philosophy and economics Cory Doctorow
web theory Major corporations blacklist ads on news stories that include the words "Trump," "racism," "gun," "Brexit," "suicide" and more Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Teenaged girl becomes a resistance symbol for her peaceful reading of the Russian constitution to a Putin goon-squad (they beat her up later) Cory Doctorow
trumpism #Rickyrenuncia: Bowing to popular pressure, Puerto Rican governor Ricardo Rossello has resigned Cory Doctorow
crime AP: the mob who attacked Hong Kong protesters were rural thugs hired by gangsters Cory Doctorow
