News Most Americans believe Trump has made race relations worse in America: Pew Research Xeni Jardin

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writing tools The Writers' Co-op is a great new podcast about how to make your freelance writing career work Thom Dunn

tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

racism The Merriam-Webster Dictionary has officially changed the definition of "racism." Thom Dunn

trump Trump says he's ending U.S. relationship with WHO, president is promptly trashed by AMA Xeni Jardin

podcasts A new podcast explores the CIA's involvement with writing a hit song for the Scorpions Thom Dunn

happy mutants Abolish Silicon Valley: memoir of a driven startup founder who became an anti-capitalist activist Cory Doctorow

America How the United States re-branded as "America" Thom Dunn

politics Tom Steyer quits Democratic race Rob Beschizza

Sex Understanding the neuroscience of pleasure Mark Frauenfelder

cults Love Letters to Hitler Mike Shaughnessy

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

science fiction A beautiful timeline of a future in which the climate crisis is met and overcome Cory Doctorow

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

facial recognition NIST confirms that facial recognition is a racist, sexist dumpster-fire Cory Doctorow

Business Genetic genealogy company Gedmatch acquired by company with ties to FBI & law enforcement—why you should be worried Jennifer Lynch

Weird Modern archaeology is entering a paywalled Lovecraftian forum to access a 1929 edition of an Egypt travel guide John Struan

star wars There are no humans in Star Wars, so what are the creatures we are watching? John Struan

tabloids LBJ killed JFK, the Queen’s secret lover & Julia Roberts’ divorce, in this week’s highly dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan