movies Rosemary's Baby is about the horror of coercive control Mark Frauenfelder

tech Britain's online safety rules come into force, and sites are already shutting down. Rob Beschizza

politics Employers can't require workers to attend 'captive audience' anti-union meetings Rob Beschizza

cults Podcast about the Science of Identity Foundation, the cult that Tulsi Gabbard grew up in Jennifer Sandlin

politics Tech leaders, scientists, etc., call for pause in AI development Rob Beschizza

human rights No Más Bebés: a documentary about forced sterilizations of women of color in California Elías Villoro

Sex Some male spiders tie up females before sex so they don't get eaten alive Thom Dunn

gaslighting More than 60 people shared their accounts of Warren Ellis. Their next steps are worth your time. Thom Dunn

privacy "Smart" doorlocks have policies that let landlords and third parties spy on you Cory Doctorow

picks China uses DNA tech to spy on people. Yale geneticist and a U.S. biotech helped. Xeni Jardin

facebook The emerging split in modern trustbusting: Alexander Hamilton's Fully Automated Luxury Communism vs Thomas Jefferson's Redecentralization Cory Doctorow

books Cult of Personality: Two crime writers discuss the allure of cults in their own dark fiction Alex Segura

happy mutants How to protect the future web from its founders' own frailty Cory Doctorow