libraries San Diego! I'm keynoting the 40th anniversary of the Friends of the Public Library today (then: UCLA and LA Times Festival of Books) Cory Doctorow

religious imposters Evangelical pastor allegedly attacks wife on Alaska Airlines flight because she got upgraded to first class Carla Sinclair

airbnb Barcelona to ban AirBnBs and other short-term rentals Jennifer Sandlin

dystopia Microplastics found in every semen test sample in study Natalie Dressed

News One of Earth's rarest wildflowers is in the crosshairs of a lithium mining juggernaut Mister Dobo

News The far-right Zoombombing hate speech crisis in town halls: "a deliberate tactic being employed to remove people's ability to engage democratically" Mark Frauenfelder

politics At first meeting since death of Nex Benedict, Walter Masterson calls out Owasso School Board for their hypocrisy and inaction Jennifer Sandlin

bernie sanders Long COVID expert at US Senate hearing: "the burden of disease and disability from long COVID . . . is on par with the burden of cancer and heart disease" Jennifer Sandlin

British Library website offline after ransomware hack Rob Beschizza

gadgets Look, it's just not that big of a deal that the iPhone is going to have a USB port Rob Beschizza

Funny Child's hat upsets airplane passengers (video) David Pescovitz

uk UK air traffic control system crashes Rob Beschizza

cnn CNN fires CEO Chris Licht after a pretty bad, Trump-friendly year Carla Sinclair

first amendment Middle-school Satanists club can't be banned, rules judge Mark Frauenfelder

Southworst "Intermittent technology issues" force Southwest Airlines to pause all operations Jason Weisberger

politics Israelis march against far-right government's effort to take over courts Rob Beschizza

books Rolling Warrior: a polio survivor's memoir of fighting for disability rights Elías Villoro

air travel Canada's air traffic system went dark, too Mark Frauenfelder

politics Chaotic GOP removes all metal detectors outside House chamber Carla Sinclair

crime Sexist influencer to be detained in Romania another 30 days Rob Beschizza