california California drought: State orders historic water cuts for farmers Xeni Jardin

police In Portlandia, police confiscated chickpeas and White Claw Thom Dunn

office supplies Tactical paper Rob Beschizza

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politics National Archive to let ICE destroy documents Rob Beschizza

transparency How the Trump administration is putting public records under threat, so history may never know the awful things they did Thom Dunn

climate Climate denial has destroyed the libertarian movement Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

canada Canada's infrastructure was once cheap and effective to build. Now, it's a titanic transfer from taxpayers to the world's biggest businesses and investors Rosemary Frei

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happy mutants Learning to See the Commons David Bollier and Silke Helfrich

privacy Public treated to obfuscation at Waterfront Toronto meeting on negotiations with Google sister company over surveillance district Rosemary Frei

police Hawaii cop "to plead guilty" after forcing homeless man to lick public urinal Rob Beschizza

security China's new cybersecurity rules ban foreign companies from using VPNs to phone home Cory Doctorow

media Royal sex scandal lies, lawsuits and hair loss, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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

china Son of Ghostnet: the mobile malware that targets Tibetans abroad Cory Doctorow

deep thoughts Why it's hard to measure who dove deeper into the Mariana Trench Clive Thompson

mistakes Calilfornia high school water polo team filmed singing Nazi songs Rob Beschizza

corruption Sony's copyright bots remove a band's own release of its new video Cory Doctorow