same playbook Bernie Sanders releases video that shows how similar Kavanaugh and Trump are when defending against sexual assault allegations Carla Sinclair

corruption Canada's election, in which Justin Trudeau's chickens come home to roost Cory Doctorow

facebook A San Diego Republican operator ran a massive, multimillion-dollar Facebook scam that targeted boomers Cory Doctorow

corruption Nobel-winning economist Joe Stiglitz calls neoliberalism "a failed ideology" and sketches out a "progressive capitalism" to replace it Cory Doctorow

Democrats Wealthy Dems and their backers hate Bernie (and Warren) for the same reason they hated Kucinich: he wants to tax the rich Cory Doctorow

Technology Facebook's '15 months of Fresh Hell' detailed deliciously by WIRED Xeni Jardin

books 'Zucked: Waking up to the Facebook Catastrophe,' by Roger McNamee [BOOKS] Xeni Jardin

elections The GOP stole Wisconsin; now they're trying to steal it again on the way out — PROTEST TODAY! Cory Doctorow

infosec Using information security to explain why disinformation makes autocracies stronger and democracies weaker Cory Doctorow

google A history of the tech worker uprising Cory Doctorow

putin Russians' support for Putin drops off a cliff after pension cuts Cory Doctorow

News Facebook kills 652 more political disinformation accounts, Russia and Iran blamed Xeni Jardin

web theory Authoritarians used to be scared of social media, now they rule it Cory Doctorow

web theory China has perfected the internet control playbook and now it's exporting it to the world Cory Doctorow

Business Epson uses dubious patent claims to nuke ink sellers' listings from eBay Cory Doctorow

corruption The Sackler Family: best known for philanthropy, they made billions promoting Oxycontin Cory Doctorow

mental illness It’s Mental Health Awareness Month: Trumpcare’s dangerous impact on mental health care Maureen Herman

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

books Zoë Quinn's book about online abuse gets a release date Rob Beschizza

scholarship How Big Tobacco invented Donald Trump and Brexit (and what to do about it) Cory Doctorow