IFTF Will the Trump presidency play out like Sinclair Lewis’ "It Can’t Happen Here?" Mark Frauenfelder

china Beijing to base China security agencies in Hong Kong Xeni Jardin

art English resort town to get giant white palm tree sculpture Rob Beschizza

prison Why aren't more conservatives concerned about felon voting rights? Thom Dunn

corruption Private equity firms should be abolished Cory Doctorow

books The New Yorker's profile of William Gibson: "Droll, chilled out, and scarily articulate" Cory Doctorow

charity Charitable Giving Guide 2019 Boing Boing

podcasts The Life Cycle podcast discusses the future of freedom with Lawrence Lessig Mark Frauenfelder

big tech Big Tech's CEOs can't possibly fix Big Tech Cory Doctorow

class war How the British left should seize this moment to strip finance of its political clout Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Talking science fiction, technological self-determination, inequality and competition with physicist Sean Carroll Cory Doctorow

china Blizzard suspends college gamers from competitive play after they display "Free Hong Kong" poster Cory Doctorow

security China's new cybersecurity rules ban foreign companies from using VPNs to phone home Cory Doctorow

privacy Civil rights groups call for a stop to Amazon's doorbell surveillance partnerships with cops Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Thomas Piketty's new book uses data to trace how inequality changes ideology Cory Doctorow

china Hong Kong protests level up in countermeasures, tactics, art and deadly seriousness Cory Doctorow

science fiction Read: Jeannette Ng's Campbell Award acceptance speech, in which she correctly identifies Campbell as a fascist and expresses solidarity with Hong Kong protesters Cory Doctorow

Kids The case for allowing children to vote Cory Doctorow

elections US election security: still a dumpster fire Cory Doctorow

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