red tape Innocent people in Humboldt County are being fined millions for cannabis crimes Mark Frauenfelder

bureaucratic cruelty San Francisco's soul-destroying bureaucracy is killing small restaurant owners trying to survive Covid Mark Frauenfelder

new zealand Official City Wizard fired from New Zealand City after over 20 years of public service Thom Dunn

climate change Druids prop up faerie stone knocked over by a bull to stop bad luck, sparking government investigation Thom Dunn

bureaucratic cruelty Automating fake PDF signatures Mark Frauenfelder

class war Western Illinois coroner will hold your family's ashes hostage for $1,000, won't produce a death certificate without payment Cory Doctorow

supreme court Justices Thomas and Alito, petty culture warriors Thom Dunn

trumpism Mass protests and parliamentary chaos in Hungary over "slave labour" law Cory Doctorow

books The Handbook of Tyranny: stark infographics on human cruelty Andrea James

Business Matt Taibbi's The Divide: incandescent indictment of the American justice-gap Cory Doctorow