elections Bumblefuck Watch: Rob Ford's brother hired his own "reporter" to ask him scripted softball questions for literal fake news spots Cory Doctorow

facebook Facebook's new Fact-Checking policies have carved out an exemption for climate deniers Thom Dunn

trump Why tabloid reporters are like Donald Trump Peter Sheridan

parody More fun Trump-era parodies with "Ghost Donald in the Sky" and bonus tracks Gareth Branwyn

trump Trump insists he was trolling with the bleach suggestion, but he may have gotten the idea from a religious cult Thom Dunn

climate Climate denial has destroyed the libertarian movement Cory Doctorow

class war Top tech grads are increasingly unwilling to work for Big Tech, viewing it as a new, unethical Wall Street Cory Doctorow

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

foia Why is the FBI protecting Superman's civilian identity? Thom Dunn

shallow fakes Trump as imagined by Pierre Boulle Mark Frauenfelder

star wars Did "The Phantom Menace" actually predict the rise of Jeff Bezos and Amazon? Thom Dunn

corruption Canada's election, in which Justin Trudeau's chickens come home to roost Cory Doctorow

climate change Florida GOP finally admits that maybe they shouldn't have banned the phrase "climate change" after all Thom Dunn

Business Google continues to funnel vast sums to notorious climate deniers Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole "The Tragedy of the Commons": how ecofascism was smuggled into mainstream thought Cory Doctorow

infinite monkeys StoryAI, a bot that autocompletes a story for you Clive Thompson

white supremacy Ecofascism isn't new: white supremacy and exterminism have always lurked in the environmental movement Cory Doctorow

censorship Art Spiegelman pulled his Marvel Folio Society intro after Disney demanded that he not criticize Trump Cory Doctorow

maps How big Greenland really is Rob Beschizza

Election 2020 The guy who played the role of Trump in Hillary Clinton's practice debates explains how to beat him Mark Frauenfelder