slim chances Paul Manafort wants to remove his ankle monitor, offers his Trump Tower condo as collateral Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

trumpism Trump's acting Chief of Staff in 2016: Trump is a "terrible human being" Cory Doctorow

Food Study: Eating beef jerky could lead to mental illness Seamus Bellamy

bears A guerilla campaign to save grizzly bears in Wyoming is underway Seamus Bellamy

iot Hackers swiped an operator manual for a fancy airborne killing machine Seamus Bellamy

Ripoffs Woman accidentally tipped cafe $7,732 and she can't get her money back Mark Frauenfelder

terrible names Afghan toddler was named "Donald Trump" for "good fortune," but name has brought family only bad fortune so far Carla Sinclair

Copyfight Disney's 1998 copyright term extension expires this year and Big Content's lobbyists say they're not going to try for another one Cory Doctorow

security Equifax is serving malware to visitors Cory Doctorow

security Canada: Trump shows us what happens when "good" politicians demand surveillance powers Cory Doctorow

picks U.S. Withdraws Summons for Twitter Records on Account Critical of Trump's Muslim Ban, So Twitter Drops Lawsuit Xeni Jardin

science fiction Writing the Other: intensely practical advice for representing other cultures in fiction Cory Doctorow

politics Boston Globe previews a front page from the Trump presidency Cory Doctorow

class war Neoconservative's analysis: Donald Trump, elites, and the GOP's future Cory Doctorow

tv The best moments from the two-night premiere of Better Call Saul K.M. McFarland

politics David Graeber's The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy Cory Doctorow

President Obama's tech-centered State of the Union: full text, and digital rights concerns Xeni Jardin

The long, slow death of our watering holes Deane Barker