corruption Canadian Tories funneled $8M in tax money to US Republican Party's NGO Cory Doctorow

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics Night of the Long Boris: several UK cabinet members fired, finance chief quits Rob Beschizza

animals A police dog is running against the goat incumbent mayor of a small Vermont town Thom Dunn

telcoms Ajit Pai promised that killing net neutrality would spur network investment, but instead Comcast cut spending by 10.5% Cory Doctorow

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

Business Charter/Spectrum sold customers expensive home security systems, then killed the program and left them high and dry Cory Doctorow

canada Canada's infrastructure was once cheap and effective to build. Now, it's a titanic transfer from taxpayers to the world's biggest businesses and investors Rosemary Frei

Business Mint: late-stage adversarial interoperability demonstrates what we had (and what we lost) Cory Doctorow

tabloids End of the British monarchy, FBI’s Epstein cover-up, and Mary Poppins’ orgy, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

china MMT: when does government deficit spending improve debt-to-GDP ratios? Cory Doctorow

#standedatnarita No trains or buses from Narita to Tokyo after the category 3 typhoon = chaos for thousands Sean Bonner

class war Uber general counsel threatens California: pass a law that makes drivers into employees and we'll spend $60m on a ballot initiative to overturn it Cory Doctorow

elections In California, the 2020 elections will feature an epic battle to allow cities to reinstate property taxes Cory Doctorow

happy mutants My appearance on the MMT podcast: compelling narratives as a means of advancing complex political and economic ideas Cory Doctorow

health Big Pharma's origin: how the Chicago School and private equity shifted medicine's focus from health to wealth Cory Doctorow

Old school In 1943, the chairman of the NY Fed backed Modern Monetary Theory: "Taxes for Revenue Are Obsolete" Cory Doctorow

trumpism Howto: stay civil while discussing the children in America's concentration camps Cory Doctorow

britain Why Essex is crap, or at least why everyone thinks it is Rob Beschizza

trumpism The NRA begs gun nuts for donations, spends lavishly on its board of directors and execs Cory Doctorow