despots Photos of Kim Jong-un on horseback Rob Beschizza

despots Brunei has a new law: death by stoning for gay sex Mark Frauenfelder

Better bring your passport to the ER Jason Weisberger

politics Trump's former advisers say he praised Hitler and other dictators in private Mark Frauenfelder

russia To dodge Putin's draft, Russian men can buy fake positive HIV test results for $620 in bitcoin Mark Frauenfelder

resignations Kentucky State Police trained with Hitler quotes, commissioner resigns Mark Frauenfelder

cults Love Letters to Hitler Mike Shaughnessy

Business From Enron to Saudi Arabia, from Rikers Island to ICE's gulag, how McKinsey serves as "Capitalism's Consigliere" Cory Doctorow

war criminals Coinbase bought a company founded by disgraced cybermercenaries from Hacking Team, and now Coinbase users are trying unsuccessfully to delete their accounts Cory Doctorow

trumpism The longest-serving Congressman in US history proposes a four fixes for American democracy Cory Doctorow

politics Trump: "rogue killers" murdered Jamal Khashoggi, maybe. Everyone else: Saudi Arabia did. Xeni Jardin

surveillance Evidence of NSO Group surveillance products found in 45 countries, including notorious human-rights abusers Cory Doctorow

infosec Israeli firm Cyberbit illegally spied on behalf of Ethiopia's despots, then stored all their stolen data on an unencrypted, world-readable website Cory Doctorow

corruption DEA bought zero-day exploits from disgraced cyber-arms dealer Hacking Team Cory Doctorow

bad people Twisted History – A grisly page turner about history's worst despots, traitors, and murderers Wink

books Crowdfunding an English translation of the story of activists who kept the Internet on during the Arab Spring Cory Doctorow

law California passes the country's best-ever online privacy law Cory Doctorow

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow