elections Orban humiliated: Hungary's crypto-fascist Fidesz party suffers string of municipal election defeats Cory Doctorow
donald trump Comrade Mike Johnson takes orders from his leader Vladimir Putin: Ukraine aid sits in limbo Mark Frauenfelder
politics Trump's former advisers say he praised Hitler and other dictators in private Mark Frauenfelder
authoritarianism "It's been a struggle to wake people up" — Expert warns of Trump's authoritarian ambitions for U.S. Presidency Mark Frauenfelder
corruption Could a random lottery solve the sociopath problem in American politics? Mark Frauenfelder
History English commoners' rights come from The Charter of the Forest, not the Magna Carta Elías Villoro
security China's new cybersecurity rules ban foreign companies from using VPNs to phone home Cory Doctorow
Business Bowing to public pressure, Coinbase announces it will "transition out" the ex-Hacking Team cybermercenaries whose company it just bought Cory Doctorow
hacking team Coinbase bought a company founded by disgraced cybermercenaries from Hacking Team, and now Coinbase users are trying unsuccessfully to delete their accounts Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism No peace in Hungary as thousands fill the streets, risking police violence, to protest slave labor law Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Yellow Vests stand for and against many contradictory things, but are united in opposition to oligarchy Cory Doctorow
infosec Using information security to explain why disinformation makes autocracies stronger and democracies weaker Cory Doctorow
assassinations US veterans operate in Yemen as mercenary assassins for Middle Eastern autocrats Cory Doctorow
trumpism With the number of people living under dictatorships up by a billion, a reminder of dictators' deceptively humanizing traits Cory Doctorow
books The Warrior Within: a tight science fiction novella about a warrior who contains multitudes Cory Doctorow