The UN's International Panel on Climate Change is an interdisciplinary expert body comprised of leading scientists who study climate change; they issue periodic reports summarizing the best peer-reviewed science on… Read the rest of the article: IPCC climate report is most urgent yet
The EU's wide-ranging plan for indiscriminate internet censorship has progressed from a vote in the European Parliament and now reps from the EU will meet with reps from the 28… Read the rest of the article: We've got a front-row seat for Europe's internet censorship plan
Tonight marks the world premiere of the first Doctor Who series in which the Doctor is portrayed by a woman. The limited-edition commemorative Barbie available for pre-order starting tomorrow, exclusively… Read the rest of the article: The first woman Doctor Who to be commemorated with a limited-edition Barbie
Adventures in New America is a full-cast serial drama from Night Vale Presents (previously), a piece of acerbic and engrossing afrofuturism in the form of a buddy comedy; Episode One… Read the rest of the article: Adventures in New America: afrofuturist radio drama from Night Vale
In 2013, members of the Greek Nazi movement "Golden Dawn" murdered the antifascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas on the streets of Athens, a murder that was covered up by members of… Read the rest of the article: Using "forensic architecture" to punch Greek Nazis…in court
Spinkter sez, "Hamilton, Texas's Marion Stanford's homemade political sign was meant to support the #MeToo movement and spur people to vote. But the accompanying visual spurred criticism — and a… Read the rest of the article: Texas cops seize lawn-sign depicting GOP elephant as sexual predator
I've just closed a new book deal: Tor Books will publish "Radicalized," which tells four stories of hope, conflict, technology and justice in the modern world and near future in… Read the rest of the article: "Radicalized" will be my next book!
The Democrats' newly unveiled "Internet Bill of Rights" enumerates ten rights that the party says it will enshrine in law, ranging from Net Neutrality to data portability to timely notification… Read the rest of the article: Democrats unveil "Internet Bill of Rights": transparency, privacy, control, notification, Net Neutrality, competition, accountability
The Library of Congress has published its latest digital strategy, laying out a bold plan to "exponentially grow" its collections through digital acquisitions; "maximize the use of content" by providing… Read the rest of the article: Behold! The Library of Congress's audacious plan to digitize and share the nation's treasures
Banksy's iconic "Girl With Red Balloon" street art went under the hammer at Sotheby's in a custom frame of the artist's own design; moments after it sold for £953,829, a… Read the rest of the article: Banksy booby-trapped a painting so it self-destructed after Sotheby's sold it for £953,829
Los Angeles county has some 104,000 homeless people, thanks to a real-estate bubble that has priced housing out of reach of working people, while programs to reduce homelessness have been… Read the rest of the article: Los Angeles's homelessness epidemic has created a typhus epidemic
Tony Sanfilippo says, "'The Revised Boy Scout Manual," a lost Burroughs manuscript concerning how to overthrow a corrupt government has just been published in its entirety for the first time.… Read the rest of the article: Now in print: William S Burroughs' lost guide to overthrowing a corrupt government
Last year, the FCC was only able to ram through a repeal of Net Neutrality by refusing to reject the millions of comments sent by bots that used the stolen… Read the rest of the article: US governmental requests for comment are routinely flooded by pro-corporate bots
Just in time for Halloween, this cosplay-adjacent dress inspired by the Haunted Mansion's Tightrope Girl (AKA "Ballerina and Alligator, AKA Parasol Girl, AKA Ally Gal, Sally Slater, Daisy De La… Read the rest of the article: A Haunted Mansion "Tightrope Girl" dress
A (somewhat dubious) survey of 850 business executives for firms of 500 or more employees "with involvement in the decision making process regarding customer experience in their organization" and 4,500… Read the rest of the article: Survey: corporate execs vastly overestimate customers' satisfaction
Yesterday, Bloomberg published a blockbuster story accusing the Chinese military of sneaking spy-chips "the size of a grain of rice" onto the motherboards of servers sold by Supermicro and/or Elemental… Read the rest of the article: Some important technical (and skeptical) notes about the Chinese-backdoored-servers story
In 2008, the Bush and Obama administrations both argued that they had a duty to transfer more than $700,000,000,000 of American taxpayers' money to the largest banks in the country,… Read the rest of the article: New Sanders bill: If a bank is too big to fail, it's too big to exist
The MacArthur Foundation has announced its 2018 Fellows (AKA the "MacArthur Genius Prize winners"), a list of 25 remarkable people from all disciplines, including the incomparable Kelly Link (previously), who… Read the rest of the article: Congrats to this year's MacArthur "geniuses," including the amazing Kelly Link!
Last year, Apple outraged independent technicians when they updated the Iphone design to prevent third party repair, adding a "feature" that allowed handsets to detect when their screens had been… Read the rest of the article: New Macbooks and Imacs will brick themselves if they think they're being repaired by an independent technician
Google sister company Sidewalk Labs is building a creepy, heavily surveilled "smart city" in the midst of Toronto.
