Science A Scheme of Heaven is a deep investigation of astrology from a scientist’s perspective Ferdinando Buscema
tabloids Do the tabloids deserve a government bailout? This week’s dubious offerings make a poor case for their survival. Peter Sheridan
happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
books Why are we still treating economics as if it were an empirical science that makes reliable predictions? Cory Doctorow
google Indigenous elder on Sidewalk Labs's Toronto consultation: "like being given blankets and gun powder and whisky to trade for our participation" Cory Doctorow
tabloids Royal sex & drug scandal, the Queen & Michael Douglas dying, and Miley Cyrus’s demonic possession, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Business "I just love to solve problems": how people who work at predatory lenders avoid thinking about the pain they inflict Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Thomas Piketty's new book uses data to trace how inequality changes ideology Cory Doctorow
Business Police cameras to be augmented with junk-science "microexpression" AI lie-detectors Cory Doctorow
law The Antitrust Case Against Facebook: a turning point in the debate over Big Tech and monopoly Cory Doctorow
health Dentistry's evidentiary vacuum allows profiteering butchers to raid our mouths for millions Cory Doctorow
Business Not customers: doctors have patients, libraries have patrons, lawyers have clients and teachers have students Cory Doctorow
ireland Anti-corruption yellow vest protesters in Dublin's streets, protesting the 2008 bailout, Catholic church scandals, spiraling housing costs and no legal weed Cory Doctorow
Business Apple's world-beating financial engineering is teaching the corporate world how to exploit Trump's tax cuts Cory Doctorow
