happy mutants Bad infrastructure means pacemakers can be compromised before they leave the factory Cory Doctorow

sex work Someone blew the whistle on Hookers for Jesus Thom Dunn

makers Behind the scenes, "plain" text editing is unbelievably complex and weird Cory Doctorow

privacy The top FBI lawyer who tried to force Apple to backdoor its crypto now says working crypto is essential to public safety and national security Cory Doctorow

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

books Notpetya: the incredible story of an escaped US cyberweapon, Russian state hackers, and Ukraine's cyberwar Cory Doctorow

travel Turning to Android to fill in missing Mac OS apps in Windows 10 Seamus Bellamy

Business Adblocking: How about nah? Cory Doctorow

eff Adversarial interoperability: reviving an elegant weapon from a more civilized age to slay today's monopolies Cory Doctorow

elections All weekend, California Democrats booed neoliberal would-be presidents who talked down the Green New Deal and Medicare for All Cory Doctorow

law Germany demands an end to working cryptography Cory Doctorow

terrorists 'MAGA mail-bomber' Cesar Sayoc: Trump was 'my new found drug' and I was also on steroids Xeni Jardin

education Zuck turned American classrooms into nonconsensual laboratories for his pet educational theories, and now they're rebelling Cory Doctorow

elections The eminently electable Bernie Sanders enjoys strong support from African-Americans and young people Cory Doctorow

ukpoli Company behind the Grenfell Tower fire says it could have been put out with a simple fire extinguisher Cory Doctorow

prison You can buy death row inmate's art at the San Quentin gift shop Rusty Blazenhoff

electronics A bicycle snob takes on an e-bike Dave Tolnai

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Oakland Mother of Ghost Ship fire victim pens moving opinion piece Rusty Blazenhoff

late stage capitalism Electrification 2.0: Rural broadband co-ops are filling the void left by indifferent monopolists Cory Doctorow