picks That weird NYT Biden-Ukraine story's co-author is now the new Ukrainian President’s spokeswoman Xeni Jardin

tabloids Meghan runs off with Princess Diana’s jewels, Prince Andrew caught fleeing, and Ron Jeremy’s wood, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics 'I will never lie to you,' Trump's new Press Sec. Kayleigh McEnany lies [VIDEO] Xeni Jardin

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

ireland Elf-shooting is a disease from which cows suffer. Thom Dunn

politics Trump says he tested negative for COVID-19, for the second time Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Russian doctor who met Putin last week has coronavirus, state TV reports Xeni Jardin

art Call for entries: Share Festival 2020, themed "RIOTS Here we are" Cory Doctorow

Kids Quiet Rooms: Illinois schools lead the nation in imprisoning very young, disabled children in isolation chambers Cory Doctorow

Business FTC takes action against stalkerware company Retina-X Gennie Gebhart and Eva Galperin

china Chinese citizens will have to submit to a face scan in order to get a new phone number Seamus Bellamy

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

privacy Interoperability and Privacy: Squaring the Circle Cory Doctorow

ireland The traditional music of the world would die without risk-takers like Martin Hayes Seamus Bellamy

china Huawei employees worked with China's military on AI systems and internet surveillance Xeni Jardin

trump Facebook blocked Trump's social media director because they thought he was a bot Xeni Jardin

Business Facebook + Instagram + WhatsApp outage 'resolved,' blamed on 'server configuration change' Xeni Jardin

privacy Bounty hunters and stalkers are able to track you in realtime by lying to your phone company and pretending to be cops Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Artists against Article 13: when Big Tech and Big Content make a meal of creators, it doesn't matter who gets the bigger piece Cory Doctorow

google EU Commission calls opponents of Copyright Directive a "mob," as thousands take to the streets for the #Artikel13Demo Cory Doctorow