Science Scientists remove first seeds from ‘doomsday’ Arctic seed vault. Why? War in Syria. Xeni Jardin

sponsored CBD on Amazon: Not Such a Great Deal Boing Boing

tabloids Coronavirus cured (again), Britain’s Royals clash (again) and the woman who pees alcohol (unprecedented) in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

AI The worst thing about deepfakes is that we know about them Thom Dunn

privacy Americans believe that they should own the mountains of data produced by their cars, but they don't Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Bernie Sanders announces a farmers' right-to-repair and antitrust proposal similar to Elizabeth Warren's Cory Doctorow

corruption Addressing inequality is foreign policy, not domestic Cory Doctorow

trump Trump's properties routinely employed (and abused) undocumented Latinx workers, including dozens from a single Costa Rican town Cory Doctorow

Business Swedes are entitled to six months' leave to start a business, look after a sick relative, or study Cory Doctorow

security Dark markets have evolved to use encrypted messengers and dead-drops Cory Doctorow

Copyfight EU hijacking: self-driving car data will be copyrighted…by the manufacturer Cory Doctorow

Business EBGAP: Error Between Google and Privacy Sean O'Brien

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

christ what an asshole Palantir has figured out how to make money by using algorithms to ascribe guilt to people, now they're looking for new customers Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Teen's devastating bug-report on a "tamper-proof" cryptocurrency wallet shows why companies can't be left in charge of bad news about their products Cory Doctorow

dubai Yet another reason to never go to Dubai: prison for sex ‘out of wedlock’ Mark Frauenfelder

security Facebook pitches in $500K to launch Harvard effort to fight election hacking and propaganda attacks Xeni Jardin

media Do dolphins really like chilled pickle-eating celebrities? This week’s tabloid stunners. Peter Sheridan

News Halt and Catch Fire: The Most Relevant Show on Television is Set in the 80s Maureen Herman

security Podcast: How we'll kill all the DRM in the world, forever Cory Doctorow