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racists Maskless troll at coffee shop has temper tantrum over BLM sign Mark Frauenfelder

politics Trump calls Voice of America's work “disgusting”, threatens to adjourn Congress so he can put a crony in charge of VOA Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Medical professionals and Healthcare providers are getting their pay cut while dealing with COVID-19 Thom Dunn

NASA Quarantine survival advice from Buzz Aldrin and other astronauts Thom Dunn

crime "A piece of shit": Government report on Wells Fargo corruption shows top executives' direct complicity in millions of acts of fraud Cory Doctorow

finance Rep Katie Porter: an Elizabeth Warren protege and single mom who destroys bumbling, mediocre rich guys in Congressional hearings Cory Doctorow

apple Apple cleans up Siri's privacy problems, screwing over workers in the process Seamus Bellamy

privacy Gawker's new owners demand right to search journalists, ban encrypted email and institute dress code Cory Doctorow

crime Your phone is a crimewave in your pocket, and it's all the fault of greedy carriers and complicit regulators Cory Doctorow

class war Stop saying "robots are coming for your job"; start saying "Your boss wants to replace you with a robot" Cory Doctorow

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Business Telcoms lobbyists oppose ban on throttling firefighters' internet during wildfires Cory Doctorow

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

facebook Paranoid, miserable Facebook employees have started using burner phones to complain about the company to each other and the press Cory Doctorow

coal America could save $78 billion by shutting down coal power plants Seamus Bellamy

books The Fifth Risk: Michael Lewis explains how the "deep state" is just nerds versus grifters Cory Doctorow

corruption Using data-science to evaluate whether Xi Jinping's anti-corruption sweeps were really about consolidating power Cory Doctorow

economics Modern Monetary Theory: why government spending isn't like household checkbooks Cory Doctorow

war Warring militant groups are making the fight against Ebola even more dangerous than it already is Seamus Bellamy