aviation United passenger threatened with handcuffs to make room for "higher-priority" traveler Mark Frauenfelder
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Business Privately run immigration detention is so violent that prisoners beg to be kept in solitary Cory Doctorow
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Boing Boing Gadgets The Body Orifice Security Scanner is why the rectally smuggled phone is called "Beat the BOSS" Cory Doctorow
Boing Boing Gadgets The Amazon reviews for a phone designed for rectal smuggling are pretty interesting reading Cory Doctorow
corruption Trump's NSA will be able to share its firehose of surveillance data with 16 government agencies (Thanks, Obama) Cory Doctorow
activism Chelsea Manning on the short list for commutation: call the White House at 202-456-1111 to help her! Cory Doctorow
Kids Indiana's "educational achievement" bonuses: teachers in rich schools get 20x more than those in poor districts Cory Doctorow
police Bureau of Justice Statistics release new, accurate police killing numbers that are double the historic estimates Cory Doctorow
Business The only person to go to prison for a string of corporate pollution scandals was a crusading scientist who exposed them Cory Doctorow
Business AT&T developed a "product" for spying on all its customers and made millions selling it to warrantless cops Cory Doctorow
crime When Californians vote on legal weed, they'll also vote on wiping millions of arrest records Cory Doctorow
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christ what an asshole Montana judge unrepentant after sentencing man to 60 days for repeatedly raping his own 12 year old daughter Cory Doctorow