videos Deluded billionaire gives UC Irvine $200M to study homeopathy and "alternative" therapies Cory Doctorow
Gadgets A company that makes spy-tech for cops threatened to sue Vice for publishing its sales literature (because Iran!) Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Machine learning is innately conservative and wants you to either act like everyone else, or never change Cory Doctorow
finance Rep Katie Porter: an Elizabeth Warren protege and single mom who destroys bumbling, mediocre rich guys in Congressional hearings Cory Doctorow
surveillance Empirical analysis of behavioral advertising finds that surveillance makes ads only 4% more profitable for media companies Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Visual Disturbances: what eye-tracking and 187 unlicensed clips reveal about change blindness and our perception of films Eric Faden
los angeles Buzzkill alert: The thousands of illegal fireworks over L.A. cause air pollution Rusty Blazenhoff
picks Robocop creator Ed Neumeier plans new sequel to original, ignoring the others and the reboot Rob Beschizza
futility closet In 1924, two British mountaineers disappeared trying to conquer Mount Everest. No one knows if they succeeded. Futility Closet
usausausa Steve Bannon calls left-wing reporter out of the blue and unloads on alt-right and GOP Cory Doctorow
cognitive psychology Cognitive scientist explains why perceiving a false reality is beneficial Mark Frauenfelder
politics 370 economists sign letter slamming Trump for 'magical thinking and conspiracy theories' Xeni Jardin
