videos Straws are a distraction: how the plastics industry successfully got you to blame yourself for pollution Cory Doctorow

machine learning Networked authoritarianism may contain the seeds of its own undoing Cory Doctorow

movies In the mood for a different kind of horror movie tonight? Go see Parasite Natalie Dressed

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monopolism The story of how Buffalo's oldest, best-established Black neighborhood was literally wiped off the map is a perfect parable about systemic bias — UPDATED Cory Doctorow

deathliner Canada bans Boeing's 737 MAX; U.S. now the last major country where it can fly Rob Beschizza

News Trump-Putin in Helsinki: Transcript and Video Xeni Jardin

peak phosphorus The world is running out of phosphorus, which threatens global food supply Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Automating Inequality: using algorithms to create a modern "digital poor-house" Cory Doctorow

security Here's everything that's wrong with America's insecure electronic voting machines, and what to do about it Cory Doctorow

books I Can't Breathe: Matt Taibbi's scorching book on the murder of Eric Garner and the system that let the killers get away with it Cory Doctorow

law A roadmap for AI policy questions Cory Doctorow

donald trump Michael Moore’s to do list for a revolution: an intervention for liberals Maureen Herman

science fiction Report on the dismal state of black sf/f writers in the short fiction markets Cory Doctorow

music Prophets of Rage play Cleveland RNC, kick off 'Make America Rage Again' tour in 35 U.S. cities Maureen Herman

war on drugs Why The War on Drugs Is a Huge Failure Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Citizen Maths: free, open mathematical literacy for everyone John Rees and Seb Schmoller

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