corruption Text-mining journalists find that lawmakers introduced 10,000 bills that were copypasted from lobbyists' "model legislation" Cory Doctorow

Democrats The Congressional Progressive Caucus is (still) awash in corporate money Cory Doctorow

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

late stage capitalism Manhattan: a city of empty luxury condos and overflowing homeless shelters Cory Doctorow

eff ICANN needs to ask more questions about the sale of .ORG Mitch Stoltz

events Angelenos! I'm speaking in Culver City tomorrow about the sale of .ORG to private equity 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

monopolism Bill Gates: if we break up Big Tech, we'll just have more bad companies Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Republic of Lies: the rise of conspiratorial thinking and the actual conspiracies that fuel it Cory Doctorow

Inside the lives of people writing essays for US students Clive Thompson

happy mutants SAMBA versus SMB: Adversarial interoperability is judo for network effects Cory Doctorow

surveillance Empirical analysis of behavioral advertising finds that surveillance makes ads only 4% more profitable for media companies Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Telcoms lobbyists have convinced 26 states to ban or restrict municipal broadband Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Artists against Article 13: when Big Tech and Big Content make a meal of creators, it doesn't matter who gets the bigger piece Cory Doctorow

surveillance Credit card activity as a predictor of mass shootings Cory Doctorow

Copyfight 12% of music industry revenues go to musicians Cory Doctorow

tabloids Sean Hannity’s secret life and Scientology scandals in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

privacy LG's G7 ThinQ smartphone looks like a great handset but it creeps me out Seamus Bellamy

fake news Prince Charles’ four love children, the Clintons’ corruption, and who needs Brad Pitt anyway, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

corruption For 40 years, American Conservatives have filed down the definition of "corruption," turning the Framers' spear into a blunt stub Cory Doctorow