hyperreality Footage of traumatized moviegoers walking out of The Exorcist in 1973 Rob Beschizza

tabloids His Royal High-ness Prince Harry’s Pot Farm, and stars with only months to live, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

cute This 'foster mom' bear is raising a cub saved by a dog Xeni Jardin

politics Disinformation 2020: FBI warns of ongoing Russian 'information warfare' Xeni Jardin

tabloids Killing the Queen, John Lennon’s murder, and William Shatner’s talking horses in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

News UPDATED: Tony Robbins accused of sexually assaulting high schooler at summer camp Xeni Jardin

elections AOC really plays in Iowa Cory Doctorow

science fiction Beautiful boxed set of two Octavia Butler novels Mark Frauenfelder

books Out today: a two-volume, slipcased edition of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, introduced by Gloria Steinem and Toshi Reagon Cory Doctorow

AI The worst thing about deepfakes is that we know about them Thom Dunn

security Defects in embedded OS Vxworks leaves an estimated 200m devices vulnerable, many of them mission-critical, "forever day" systems Cory Doctorow

fake news Mueller snubbed, Harry and Meghan exiled, and suicidal airline pilots in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

education What's wrong with blaming "information" for political chaos Cory Doctorow

scholarship German neofascists used Qanon to expand their reach Cory Doctorow

infosec Using information security to explain why disinformation makes autocracies stronger and democracies weaker Cory Doctorow

rip John McCain's farewell to America Gina Loukareas

anti-vax Online Russian trolls hyped vaccination scares Jason Weisberger

politics Top Trump officials says U.S. under information warfare attack now, Russia wants to 'weaken,' 'divide' ahead of midterms Xeni Jardin

politics Facebook discloses ongoing political disinfo campaigns (It's probably Russia again) Xeni Jardin

trumpism Professional climate denial took hundreds of millions from the CO2 industries, then slipped off their leash Cory Doctorow