b-side John Boehner pledged eternal support for imprisoning marijuana users, now he's in the legal weed business Cory Doctorow
coronavirus Here are the 5 kinds of pandemic villains who are making things worse for the rest of us Mark Frauenfelder
health Medicare for All would cut most Americans' taxes, creating the biggest American take-home pay raise in a generation Cory Doctorow
books In an age of disappearing prison libraries, jail profiteers provide "free" crapgadget tablets that charge prisoners by the minute to read Project Gutenberg ebooks Cory Doctorow
publishing Elsevier: "It's illegal to Sci-Hub." Also Elsevier: "We link to Sci-Hub all the time." Cory Doctorow
glam Triple Chaser: a short documentary that uses machine learning to document tear gas use against civilians, calling out "philanthropist" Warren Kanders for his company's war-crimes Cory Doctorow
media theory The reporter on the NYT's Bernie Sanders beat consistently fails to identify her sources as corporate lobbyists Cory Doctorow
human rights Elizabeth Warren proposes a ban on private prisons and immigration facilities Cory Doctorow
books "The Grand Dark": Kadrey's latest is a noir, dieselpunk masterpiece that's timely as hell Cory Doctorow
health Serpent profiteers: how a summer camp snakebite turned into a $142,938 medical bill Cory Doctorow
health Dentistry's evidentiary vacuum allows profiteering butchers to raid our mouths for millions Cory Doctorow
uk London's awful estate agents are cratering, warning of a "prolonged downturn" in the housing market Cory Doctorow
law Deposition of opioid profiteer Richard Sackler reveals his bizarre defense: definitional games and insistence that words mean their opposite Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Florida inmates sue prisons for digitally confiscating the music they were sold Cory Doctorow
corruption Elizabeth Warren's new bill: let the US government manufacture generic versions of overpriced, unavailable drugs Cory Doctorow
