Business "Out of Home Advertising": the billboards that spy on you as you move through public spaces Cory Doctorow

Gadgets 5 reasons to sell on Etsy (and how to get started) Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets If you’ve got a crazed canine, Relax My Dog may just save your sanity Boing Boing's Shop

Business U-Haul decides to stop hiring nicotine users Xeni Jardin

Games The weird sexually-themed ad campaign for a Candy Crush style game Mark Frauenfelder

elections Facebook's Dutch Head of Policy lied to the Dutch parliament about election interference Cory Doctorow

google Amazon is using purchase data to sell targeted ads, which is creepy, but not because they've invented a mind-control ray Cory Doctorow

weird art Please enjoy @facebookshirts, an Instagram account of greatness Xeni Jardin

new career Booting Megyn Kelly immediately improved NBC's ratings Jason Weisberger

floss Guidelines for "kind communications" in free software communities Cory Doctorow

From Russia with Love Check out this tool for exploring Facebook ads purchased by Russia to influence the 2016 election Mark Frauenfelder

scholarship Statistical proof that voter ID laws are racially discriminatory Cory Doctorow

fake news World War III, Trump, and proof Princess Diana was murdered, in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

class war "Blatantly unlawful": companies use Facebook targeting to ensure older workers don't see help-wanted ads Cory Doctorow

privacy A quantitative analysis of doxing: who gets doxed, and how can we detect doxing automatically? Cory Doctorow

politics Polarized political advertising led to shorter Thanksgivings in 2016 Cory Doctorow

security Mobile ad technique allows stalkers to follow you around a city for less than $1000 Cory Doctorow

politics Traditional capitalism needs "extra" people, but managerial capitalism has no use for them Cory Doctorow

videos Methbot: a $3M-$5M/day video ad-tech fraud Cory Doctorow

halloween The Candy Hierarchy for 2016: Halloween's best and worst treats David Ng and Ben Cohen