law Senior U.S. immigration judge says 3 and 4 year old children can represent themselves in court Cory Doctorow

books New biography captures Doonesbury's 50-year sweep of American life Ruben Bolling

Business "Eccentric" brewery owner seems more interested in shutting than opening pubs Rob Beschizza

politics U.S.-U.K. trade deal the first since Trump tariffs announced Rob Beschizza

politics Former comedian Russell Brand ended up selling "magical amulets" for "EMF protection" Jennifer Sandlin

politics John Oliver: Britain's 14-year decline more about austerity economics than Brexit, but all of it sucked Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 Long Covid expert: all infections have "prolonged consequences" Jennifer Sandlin

youtube Dickensian sex pest Russell Brand demonetized on YouTube Rob Beschizza

Heavy Metal Paranoid at 50: Celebrating the balm for "beaten-down listeners" in Black Sabbath's classic record Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants Paul Di Filippo on Radicalized: "Upton-Sinclairish muckraking, and Dickensian-Hugonian ashcan realism" Cory Doctorow

california Los Angeles's homelessness epidemic has created a typhus epidemic Cory Doctorow

corruption The American Conservative: "The Dickensian Return of Debtors' Prisons" Cory Doctorow

tories 8 years of austerity have turned the UK into a bleak Victorian dystopia, where pensioners without electricity die from fires ignited by their candles Cory Doctorow

Business Disney buys Fox in all-stock deal, making Rupert Murdoch the largest shareholder in the company Cory Doctorow

lemony snicket A Series of Unfortunate Questions for Daniel Handler Mark Dery

Comics My failed attempt to draw the Nancy comic strip Ivan Brunetti

The hands and minds behind The Boxtrolls Ethan Gilsdorf

writing A conversation with Terry Pratchett, author of The Carpet People Cory Doctorow