nsa A new, never-before-seen document from the Snowden archives was just published Thom Dunn

assassinations The government can "unilaterally decide to kill US citizens," according to Justice Department lawyers Thom Dunn

art Sculpture makes drone strike casualties more visceral Andrea James

minecraft Obama finds Trump's secret stash of Minecraft diamonds that he used X-ray to find Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Prince Charles and Joe Biden unfit to lead in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

DRONES Did US slice up al Qaeda leader with "flying Ginsu" drone? David Pescovitz

horse racing Dronecam footage of Rich Strike winning the Kentucky Derby Rob Beschizza

Spoken Word with Electronics The Realist Archive Project launches a sequel: "The Other Scenes Inventory Report" Ethan Persoff

iran Air traffic controllers hear 9/11-style threat to Capitol Gina Loukareas

politics Trump said no injuries, but 100 US troops have brain injuries after Iran strike on Al Asad Xeni Jardin

mistakes Iran admits it unintentionally shot down passenger jet Rob Beschizza

Business Prasad's Law: there's always enough health spending to concentrate wealth, never enough to diffuse it Cory Doctorow

law With state secrets privilege, U.S. ends challenge by journalist over drone 'kill list' Xeni Jardin

afghanistan Afghanistan: U.S. drone kills 30 farm workers sitting around a campfire after pine nut harvest Xeni Jardin

china Hong Kong's #612strike uprising is alive to surveillance threats, but its countermeasures are woefully inadequate Cory Doctorow

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

stickers "Shut the fuck up" stickers Rob Beschizza

Business The Boston Globe on breaking up Big Tech falls into the trap of tech exceptionalism Cory Doctorow

Business Leak: Apple is demanding 50% of the revenue from its "Netflix for news" product Cory Doctorow

war Shrapnel drone kills 6 at Yemen military parade Rob Beschizza