music Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy wrote a new song to raise money for the fight against COVID-19 Thom Dunn
noaa New FOIA'd emails reveal the chaos behind the scenes of the National Weather Service's #SharpieGate Thom Dunn
russia 26-year-old Israeli-American sentenced to 7.5 years in Russian prison for 9 grams of weed Mark Frauenfelder
law In Supreme Court filing, Apple CEO Tim Cook opposes Trump, supports immigrant rights and 'Dreamers' Xeni Jardin
Technology Google, Mozilla, and Apple are using this one weird trick to block Kazakhstan's surveillance of its own citizens Xeni Jardin
trumpism Grifty conservative PACs raised millions pushing racist Obama conspiracies to elderly, low-income supporters, then kept almost all of it Cory Doctorow
Business Insiders claim that Google's internet-fixing Jigsaw is a toxic vanity project for its founder, where women keep a secret post-crying touchup kit in the bathroom Cory Doctorow
racism Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst Catherynne Valente
politics Trump's pick to head DHS immigration, Ken Cuccinelli, praised anti-Muslim extremist Brigitte Gabriel Xeni Jardin
corruption Lawyer involved in suits against Israel's most notorious cyber-arms dealer targeted by its weapons, delivered through a terrifying Whatsapp vulnerability Cory Doctorow
health After promising health care execs that Medicare for All was dead, Pelosi's team plans toothless pharma deal Cory Doctorow
politics Ex-NSA American mercenaries for UAE used 'Karma' to hack journalists and human rights activists Xeni Jardin
china China's One Child Policy coming home to roost: old people, in big cities, frightened of the sky Cory Doctorow
