privacy Putting a price on our data won't make the platforms stop abusing our privacy Cory Doctorow

Business "Owning your data" will not save you from data capitalism Cory Doctorow

Science Your medical data: misappropriated by health-tech companies, off-limits to you Cory Doctorow

social distancing Why is everyone suddenly baking bread? I think I know Gareth Branwyn

makers Italian hospital needed an $11K part for its ventilators, volunteers 3D printed them at $1 each, original manufacturer threatened to sue Gareth Branwyn

animals Volunteers needed to cuddle pigs David Pescovitz

climate Climate denial has destroyed the libertarian movement Cory Doctorow

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

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

crime Fake license plates drawn with crayons might not be the best way to avoid a cop encounter Seamus Bellamy

politics Large, diverse coalition of civil society groups tell the US, UK and Australian governments not to ban working encryption Cory Doctorow

corruption Trump's signature tax break for poor people went to subsidize a superyacht marina in Florida Cory Doctorow

monopolism Verizon dumps another Oath property for peanuts: RIP, Mapquest Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole "The Tragedy of the Commons": how ecofascism was smuggled into mainstream thought Cory Doctorow

hollywood Prop masters share most difficult objects they ever made Rusty Blazenhoff

toys Ponyhenge is a place where toy rocking horses go to die Rusty Blazenhoff

weather Florida woman says her toilet exploded after a lightning strike Xeni Jardin

trump Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein's curious connection Xeni Jardin

security Debunking Microsoft's anti-Right-to-Repair FUD Cory Doctorow