slapp Watch John Oliver explain how a coal industry giant failed to sue him in to silence Mark Frauenfelder

#COVIDIOTS A restaurant worker told a man to wear a mask, so the man shot him with a gun, say police Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids His Royal High-ness Prince Harry’s Pot Farm, and stars with only months to live, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

mistakes were made Runner who slapped journalist on butt is Tommy Callaway, a youth minister and boy scout leader in Statesboro, Georgia Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids How Mafia Killed the Pope, Meghan & Harry quit the Royal Family, and the Obamas divorce, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

privacy Interoperability and Privacy: Squaring the Circle Cory Doctorow

News 'Lying Skanks' — Fox News pundit slurs Kavanaugh accusers, gets fired Xeni Jardin

politics Trump Inauguration Day rioting charges against 200+ people abruptly dropped by U.S. Xeni Jardin

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

law White supremacist Matthew Heimbach is headed to jail Seamus Bellamy

Harvey Weinstein Watch: Harvey Weinstein gets slapped in the face twice by stranger at an AZ restaurant Carla Sinclair

videos Wall Street and Trump are about to kill the CFPB, the only government agency that effectively polices bank scams, crimes and frauds Cory Doctorow

Kids Watch this incredible stop-motion animated with carved pumpkins Andrea James

uk The guy who thought up the Brexit Bus and its NHS lie says referendum was a "dumb idea" Cory Doctorow

picks Adventures in Pain Mangement: a TENS unit really helps Jason Weisberger

sexism Creeps pretending to be feminists Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Revealing the cover and first excerpt of Autonomous, Annalee Newitz's long-awaited debut novel Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Class action: publishers paid writers "sale" royalties on ebooks whose fine-print says they're "licensed" Cory Doctorow

Business Greenpeace dumps TTIP documents that show USA arm-twisting the EU Cory Doctorow

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