drm DRM, the World Cup, and what happens when a red team plays a green team Cory Doctorow

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

interviews An interview with legendary bass player Carol Kaye Gareth Branwyn

AI Peter Thiel claims AI is "Leninist" and "literally communist" in a sprawling speech for a think tank Thom Dunn

religion Church under investigation after worshiper pinned down to ‘pray the gay away’ Xeni Jardin

science fiction Read: Jeannette Ng's Campbell Award acceptance speech, in which she correctly identifies Campbell as a fascist and expresses solidarity with Hong Kong protesters Cory Doctorow

tabloids Drugs, booze and kidnappers, oh my, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

media The British press used to be amazingly homophobic, and the backsliding has begun Rob Beschizza

lgbt YouTube totally blows it on response to Steven Crowder's hate channel Xeni Jardin

surveillance Vodafone sources claim Huawei created a "backdoor" for its home routers and network switching equipment and then lied about removing it Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole Alex Jones's deposition over his role in the harassment of Sandy Hook parents is a total shitshow Cory Doctorow

Copyfight The Final Version of the EU's Copyright Directive Is the Worst One Yet Cory Doctorow

security Australia just voted to ban working cryptography. No, really. Cory Doctorow

News Before Robert Bowers killed 11 in synagogue, on Gab he offered to help a white supremacist hate group dox a journalist Xeni Jardin

photography Lisa Kereszi’s creepy photos of low-budget scare attractions Mark Dery

happy mutants Buskers are the only performers making money at the Edinburgh Fringe. Here's how. Mat Ricardo

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

aviation I was gifted a scenic flight over Black Rock City ​ Rusty Blazenhoff

Technology Why these scientists are teaching robots to give good hugs David Pescovitz