brooklyn Competitive Winter Picnicking in Brooklyn Rusty Blazenhoff

crime U.S. prosecutors demand to interview Prince Andrew over Epstein ties Rob Beschizza

Cryptozoology Washington state government tweets photo of Bigfoot David Pescovitz

Gadgets A company that makes spy-tech for cops threatened to sue Vice for publishing its sales literature (because Iran!) Cory Doctorow

media Prince Charles’ gay scandal, Tom Cruise destroys Scientology, and Michael Jackson’s afterlife, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

videos How Facebook tracks Android users, even those without Facebook accounts Cory Doctorow

surveillance The ACLU made the Border Patrol reveal its terrifying legal theories Cory Doctorow

computers George Dyson: look to analog systems for autonomy and intelligence David Pescovitz

corruption Deleting Facebook is not enough: without antitrust, the company will be our lives' "operating system" Cory Doctorow

new york city Secret box truck 'night market' pops up again in NYC Rusty Blazenhoff

reddit Anatomy of a Reddit cryptocurrency spam-factory Cory Doctorow

facebook The emerging split in modern trustbusting: Alexander Hamilton's Fully Automated Luxury Communism vs Thomas Jefferson's Redecentralization Cory Doctorow

motorcycle Hunter Thompson's Ducati 900 Supersport review Jason Weisberger

politics Reporters at U.S. Capitol told they are not allowed to film interviews with senators in hallways Xeni Jardin

law British police arrest suspect in last November's me-too Mirai botnet floods Cory Doctorow

Gadgets The Mirai worm is gnawing its way through the Internet of Things and will not stop Cory Doctorow

security Internet of Things botnet threatens to knock the entire country of Liberia offline Cory Doctorow

uk Happy Chilcot Day (A Fairy Story) Charlie Fletcher

Delightful Creatures America's Snake: The Rise and Fall of the Timber Rattlesnake Ted Levin

panama papers It's the criminal economy, stupid! Kathi Vian and Mark Frauenfelder