climate New Zealand's domestic spies, obsessed with illegally surveilling environmental activists, missed a heavily armed right-wing terrorist Cory Doctorow

surveillance Oh for fuck's sake, not this fucking bullshit again (cryptography edition) Cory Doctorow

canada Canada increases biometric monitoring of foreign nationals Séamus Bellamy

politics Canadian government has turned "consultation" on warrantless mass surveillance into a sales-job Cory Doctorow

privacy IXmaps: a tool to figure out when the NSA can see Canadians' data Cory Doctorow

Science Decoding whale language could unlock new legal rights for them Ruben Bolling

china China is using recruitment sites to buy top secret information Séamus Bellamy

Science The 1960 blob that gave all mystery blobs their name Ellsworth Toohey

Science No one knows why dark side of Venus has a faint glow Ellsworth Toohey

productivity Engineer's anti-brain-fog routine: stare at a wall for 10 minutes Ellsworth Toohey

Science What if your calendar ran on a worm that splits itself in half? Ellsworth Toohey

Food Each slice of this bread loaf reveals a hidden creature inside Popkin

art Giant sock monkey sculpture becomes world's largest soft toy artwork Popkin

security Apple's iPhones and iPads are the first consumer devices certified for NATO classified data without any modifications. Séamus Bellamy

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

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cute Adorable jumping spider wears a drop of water as a hat Gail Sherman

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politics Errol Musk accused of child sex abuse Rob Beschizza

civilization Why societal collapse might not be the catastrophe we imagine Ellsworth Toohey