Science Big Vitamin bankrolls naturopaths' attempts to go legit and get public money Cory Doctorow

maps Redlining maps show racism and white supremacy "in 1930s technicolor" Elías Villoro

bad idea Convicted Florida blimp owner simply considered defrauding the US government to be "risky and aggressive business decisions" Jason Weisberger

guns Sales of "Bulletproof" Backpacks are on the rise even though they don't protect from AR-15s Thom Dunn

economics It's time to kill the carbon credit Thom Dunn

tabloids Will Smith's slap and Angelina Jolie's feet in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Spoken Word with Electronics THE BRUCE HAACK SONGBOOK is a vital and RARE piece of early Electronic Music history. Hear a Computer play through all of it. Ethan Persoff

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

tabloids Ghislaine Maxwell's jailbreak and Hunter Biden's corruption in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

propaganda I just learned about the strange history of Exxon-sponsored showtunes Thom Dunn

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

late stage capitalism Manhattan: a city of empty luxury condos and overflowing homeless shelters Cory Doctorow

eff ICANN needs to ask more questions about the sale of .ORG Mitch Stoltz

events Angelenos! I'm speaking in Culver City tomorrow about the sale of .ORG to private equity Cory Doctorow

tabloids End of the British monarchy, FBI's Epstein cover-up, and Mary Poppins' orgy, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

monopolism Bill Gates: if we break up Big Tech, we'll just have more bad companies Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Republic of Lies: the rise of conspiratorial thinking and the actual conspiracies that fuel it Cory Doctorow

happy mutants SAMBA versus SMB: Adversarial interoperability is judo for network effects Cory Doctorow

surveillance Empirical analysis of behavioral advertising finds that surveillance makes ads only 4% more profitable for media companies Cory Doctorow