human rights Singaporean cops investigate participants in silent vigil for executed migrant worker Cory Doctorow

surveillance Hidden "anti-crime" mics are proliferating on US public transit, recording riders' conversations Cory Doctorow

Business Salt Lake City apartment complex threatens tenants with eviction if they don't "Friend" the building Cory Doctorow

politics Swiss "burka ban" goes into effect with $1,000 fines for face coverings in 2025 Mark Frauenfelder

maga supporters Violent anti-abortion crusader who crushed clinic worker's hand blames Biden for her prison sentence Ellsworth Toohey

politics Trump campaign worked with Musk and company to keep damaging info off Twitter Rob Beschizza

art Punk rocker Jenny Toomey takes stand against AI music Roy Christopher

politics Colorado GOP scared of reporter Jason Weisberger

france France adds right to abortion to its constitution Rob Beschizza

germany Man smears dog excrement on far-right German politician Rob Beschizza

politics Antifa means Anti-fascist Elías Villoro

passings California deputy DA who opposed vaccine mandate dies from Covid at age 46 Mark Frauenfelder

police Federal judge rules that Columbus police "run amok", orders them to stop using violent tactics against nonviolent protestors Rob Beschizza

Soviet Union The great African American escape to Soviet Russia Miss Cellania

white supremacists Whites-only church opens in Minnesota, swears it isn't racist Thom Dunn

bears Libertarians exit, pursued by bears Thom Dunn

News Poland: Thousands march against anti-LGBTQ hate, and to demand justice for 48 detained protesters Xeni Jardin

COVID-19 Florida Pastor arrested after encouraging people to come to church in person during the coronavirus lockdown Thom Dunn

class war Rideshare companies' effort to kill California employment bill is failing miserably Cory Doctorow

eff Adversarial interoperability: reviving an elegant weapon from a more civilized age to slay today's monopolies Cory Doctorow