History National Geographic calls itself to task for its racist past Seamus Bellamy

News Meet Rahul Dubey, 'absolute legend' who sheltered ~70 protestors inside his home for 8 hours overnight Xeni Jardin

trump Why tabloid reporters are like Donald Trump Peter Sheridan

politics Trump calls Voice of America's work “disgusting”, threatens to adjourn Congress so he can put a crony in charge of VOA Xeni Jardin

baking Pandemic sourdough: the first loaf with my new starter Jason Weisberger

Science Anne Dagg, pioneering giraffe biologist and feminist critic of "evolutionary psychology" receives the Order of Canada Cory Doctorow

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

evangelicals A harrowing look inside the apocalyptic Evangelical cult around Donald Trump Thom Dunn

Gadgets Abbott Labs kills free tool that lets you own the blood-sugar data from your glucose monitor, saying it violates copyright law Cory Doctorow

Entertainment Review: Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order Jason Weisberger

usausausa Cable is bullshit, and so is 5G: give me fiber or give me death! Cory Doctorow

grifters Trump's "China muse" advisor has been citing a made-up economist for years Thom Dunn

happy mutants Republic of Lies: the rise of conspiratorial thinking and the actual conspiracies that fuel it Cory Doctorow

News Racism via dress code is not uncommon Jason Weisberger

trump Debullshitifying Trump's get-out-of-jail statement for Medicaid scammer Ted Suhl Cory Doctorow

dogs Walter Geoffrey the Frenchie dog is a singing drama queen [Sound ON] Xeni Jardin

picks Big U.S. news media Twitter accounts amplify Trump's lies uncritically 19 times a day: Study Xeni Jardin

politics Bill Barr haltingly admits campaigns offered stolen dirt by foreign enemies should maybe call FBI Xeni Jardin

alt-right That time far-right trolls pretended to be black feminists online Rob Beschizza

politics Trump and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey held a closed-door meeting Xeni Jardin