surveillance This windowless NYC skyscraper is reportedly an NSA spy hub Ellsworth Toohey

surveillance Mini-documentary about Pittsburgh's Long Lines telecom fortress Rob Beschizza

art How Thomas Kinkade's cottagecore paintings became a blueprint for modern conservative propaganda Ellsworth Toohey

News Neo-Nazi leader who protested drag queen story hours arrested for child pornography Ellsworth Toohey

Delightful Creatures Year of the cicadas: two 17-year broods wake up at once Carolyn Townsend

events Slow Impact is a four-day event bringing home the incremental effects of skateboarding Elías Villoro

arizona Another roadside attraction: The Thing! Jennifer Sandlin

data Ignoring warrants, the Secret Service has been buying up location data from phone companies Thom Dunn

politics Now there are 2 Coronavirus cases in Congress — Ben McAdams (D, Utah) has COVID-19 Xeni Jardin

politics New Jersey AG says 5 politicians took thousands in cash bribes via envelopes, paper bags, coffee cups Xeni Jardin

tabloids Brad Pitt's brush with death, Julia Roberts quitting Hollywood, and Christmas kittens, in this week's dubious ad-packed tabloids Peter Sheridan

racism #Rickyrenuncia: Bowing to popular pressure, Puerto Rican governor Ricardo Rossello has resigned Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The 2019 Locus Award nominees: your guide to the best sf/f of 2018 Cory Doctorow

trump Trump tweets islamophobic video from far-right British criminal Rob Beschizza

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

happy mutants It's about Time: Reading Steampunk's Rise and Roots Rachel A. Bowser and Brian Croxall

happy mutants Projecting leaked NSA docs on the side of AT&T's windowless NYC spy-center Cory Doctorow

corruption What's inside the windowless AT&T/NSA spying hub in lower Manhattan? Cory Doctorow

News #Dallas shooting: 11 police officers shot, 5 killed, 1 civilian injured. 2 shooters made bomb threat. Xeni Jardin

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