music Restored first video of Smashing Pumpkins performing live in 1988 on public access cable TV David Pescovitz
pop culture How pop culture turned into a placid sea of franchises, sequels, reboots and other reliable earners Rob Beschizza
Venture capitalist suggested getting far-right audiences to harass "vulnerable" journalists Rob Beschizza
privacy Quasi-anonymous blogger on the experience of being exposed and of exposing oneself Rob Beschizza
elections Bernie Blindness: a subreddit for noting the way press narratives ignore or smear Bernie Sanders Cory Doctorow
Science A deep dive into how parasites hijack our behavior and how we evolved to resist them Cory Doctorow
corruption Ketamine works great for depression and other conditions, and costs $10/dose; the new FDA-approved "ketamine" performs badly in trials and costs a fortune Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Sort by Controversial: training machine learning to sow irreparable divisions Cory Doctorow