Suicides Kentucky lawmaker shoots himself after being accused of molesting teenager Carla Sinclair

coronavirus The suicide rate in Colorado has dropped 40% during COVID quarantine Thom Dunn

Science Significant undercount in U.S. coronavirus deaths: report Xeni Jardin

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

tabloids Johnny Depp dying, Caitlyn Jenner’s baby, and the sexiest man alive, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

china Hong Kong protests: "Might as well go down fighting" Cory Doctorow

gun violence Washington is finally starting to do something about gun violence, just not about mass shootings Thom Dunn

computer science "Intellectual Debt": It's bad enough when AI gets its predictions wrong, but it's potentially WORSE when AI gets it right Cory Doctorow

law Michael Avenatti sued over claims he pilfered paraplegic's $4 million Xeni Jardin

predatory lending How New York taxi drivers were conned and bankrupted by medallion loan sharks Mark Frauenfelder

picks Father of Sandy Hook victim dead of an apparent suicide Gina Loukareas

crime NYT reviews Citizen, a live map of crimes in your city Mark Frauenfelder

floss Electronic Health Records: a murderous, publicly subsidized, $13B/year grift by way of shitty software Cory Doctorow

guns Teen journalists profile each of the 1,200+ US children killed by guns since Parkland Cory Doctorow

guns Gun suicides rise to highest level in 40 years Cory Doctorow

#deletefacebook A timeline of all of Facebook's scandals in 2018 Mark Frauenfelder

Business Dystopia watch: American schools are installing anti-shooter smoke cannons and bulletproof doors Cory Doctorow

corruption The sheriffs who cheered Trump's attack on the press have long histories of shady dealings, revealed by the press Cory Doctorow

usausausa America's new aristocracy: the 9.9% and their delusion of hereditary meritocracy Cory Doctorow

shootings Gun injuries go down by 20% during NRA conventions Clive Thompson