Business Disney buys Fox in all-stock deal, making Rupert Murdoch the largest shareholder in the company Cory Doctorow

Technology Microsoft finally putting Skype out of our misery Ellsworth Toohey

Just Stop Oil Activists dump boxes of orange confetti on tennis court during Wimbledon match Mark Frauenfelder

colonialism Puerto Ricans resist disaster capitalists and "Puertopians" in Hurricane Maria's wake Elías Villoro

movies The upcoming Kevin Feige and Patty Jenkins Star Wars movies have been canceled Devin Nealy

hypocrisy Nike makes money off progressive celebrities, then donates money to far-right candidates Jennifer Sandlin

real estate Predatory landlords are buying up trailer parks en masse Thom Dunn

to the moon Tired of selling nothing in a physical storefront, GameStop shifts to selling nothing on their new NFT marketplace Jason Weisberger

gambling Social media punishes those who short GameStop stock Jason Weisberger

unions Enjoy this free onboarding kit for organizing laborers in tech Thom Dunn

police This shady Police news website uses openly fascist logos and is run by a cop from a town of 86 billionaires Thom Dunn

Technology Hacking firm in India spied on 10K+ email accounts over 7 years: Report Xeni Jardin

drugs Magic mushrooms in a nasal spray David Pescovitz

Business After Trump reversed Obama's restrictions on private federal prisons, states started banning them instead Cory Doctorow

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