prohibition LA sheriff deputy sad that his drug-dealing side business was spoiled by FBI bust Mark Frauenfelder
History Churchill got a doctor's note requiring him to drink at least 8 doubles a day "for convalescence" Cory Doctorow
prohibition Marijuana arrests in U.S. increased last year for the first time since 2009 Mark Frauenfelder
facebook In a panic over fleeing advertisers, Facebook launches PR blitz to announce it is "a mirror to society" Mark Frauenfelder
sponsored It's Time for Silicon Valley To Finish Its Job of Disrupting the Racist Drug War Boing Boing
politics U.S. appeals court rejects Trump's attempt to escape 'emoluments' lawsuit over D.C. Trump Hotel Xeni Jardin
COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
protests The student movements at the vanguard of Chile's protests are allied with former student leaders now serving in Congress Cory Doctorow
education Indiana University Provost: The First Amendment says we can't fire our notorious bigot professor, so here's what we're doing instead Cory Doctorow
censorship Europe's highest court Facebook verdict hits a new low for technomagical thinking Cory Doctorow
law The Hippocratic License: A new software license that prohibits uses that contravene the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights Cory Doctorow
