politics MAGA staffer paid $500 to get lacerations and "TRUMP WHORE" scrawled into her stomach then staged fake hate crime, says DOJ Ellsworth Toohey

News Coast Guard reverses swastika policy after Washington Post expose Ellsworth Toohey

politics Check out this big, beautiful billboard depicting Trump as "Swamp King" Jennifer Sandlin

crime Counterfeit Canadian coins could cause a currency crisis. Séamus Bellamy

Technology Legal expert: Hate streamer Johnny Somali's harassment campaign in South Korea could lead to massive financial penalties Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids King Charles abdicates, Hollywood's most hated hunk, and Taylor Swift's engagement in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

censorship AOC makes Twitter executive admit company changed policy to accommodate Trump's racist Tweets Mark Frauenfelder

crime Sexist influencer to be detained in Romania another 30 days Rob Beschizza

law Crooks collared for using FBI's fake encrypted messaging platform learn the dangers of proprietary software Rob Beschizza

tucker carlson Tucker Carlson forgets straight people can still have children Jess Sabine

florida man Florida Man did something crazy on your birthday Kevin Reome

tabloids Bill Clinton's Sweetheart deal and Billy the Kid's death in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

jeffrey epstein The "Jeffrey Epstein's Financial Assistant Scheme" is a 2020 twist on the classic Nigerian Prince Scam Thom Dunn

weapons of math destruction Airbnb has software that searches social media to identify creeps and psychopaths Mark Frauenfelder

politics Marianne Williamson assails Trump for pardoning Charles Manson's corpse (he hasn't) Rob Beschizza

fbi The FBI encouraged a white supremacist to bomb a synagogue Thom Dunn

Technology Facebook's '15 months of Fresh Hell' detailed deliciously by WIRED Xeni Jardin

web theory More than a decade's worth of Facebook catastrophes Cory Doctorow

fraud Spam was nearly dead, then it became an essential tool for crime and came roaring back Cory Doctorow

crime Mladic the genocide: a moment of silence for the Balkans' lost lives, honor and credibility Jasmina Tesanovic