recreational lockpicking This sleazy Amazon marketplace seller offers $10 gift cards for 5-star reviews Mark Frauenfelder
crime Wells Fargo's ex-CEO will pay $17.5m in fines and never work in banking again (but he is still very, very rich) Cory Doctorow
twitter German researchers with ties to for-profit "neuromarketing" company want to use AI to guess peoples' "intelligence" from their writing Cory Doctorow
corruption CBP officer refuses to allow American journalist into the country until he admits he writes "propaganda" Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Wealth is correlated with greed, dishonesty and cheating — are these effects or a causes? Cory Doctorow
google Google walkout organizers say they're being retaliated against for demanding ethical standards Cory Doctorow
Technology Facebook says it never sells your data but these internal documents show exactly how much they value your data in dollars Xeni Jardin
corruption Pentagon Inspector General reveals widespread retaliation against whistleblowers with impunity for the retaliators and the wrongdoers Cory Doctorow
politics Research report explains how adtech supercharges political deceit, allowing even bumblers to be master propagandists Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Tim O'Reilly's WTF? A book that tells us how to keep the technology baby and throw out the Big Tech bathwater Cory Doctorow
culture jamming Artists remix NYC "If You See Something, Say Something" subway signs Mark Frauenfelder
education Petition to "Christian" college that won't provide transcripts to student expelled for being gay Cory Doctorow
Science Full Body Burden: Memoir about family secrets, government secrets, and the risks of industrial pollution Maggie Koerth
