autobiographies NY Mayor Adams disputes his own memoir over schoolyard gun incident — "What book is this?" Mark Frauenfelder
conspirituality The 2024 Santa Monica Film Festival was chock full of red-pilled conspiracy content Jennifer Sandlin
haw haw haw The city of Fullerton had to pay $350,000 to two bloggers it had sued for "hacking" its Dropbox folder Mark Frauenfelder
sponsored If Cannabis Is "A Potential Way To Prevent COVID-19" Then Why Is Trump Blocking Research? Boing Boing
fbi The FBI doesn't need Apple to give it a backdoor to encryption, because it already has all the access it needs Thom Dunn
climate The DHS classes nonviolent environmental activists in the same "domestic terrorist" category as Dylan Roof and James Fields Cory Doctorow
uk Opendemocracy: the Libdems tried to censor our article about their sale of voter data, then used a forged email to intimidate us Cory Doctorow
Kids Quiet Rooms: Illinois schools lead the nation in imprisoning very young, disabled children in isolation chambers Cory Doctorow
Business Axon makes false statements to town that bought its police bodycams, threatens to tase their credit-rating if they cancel the contract Cory Doctorow
corruption The #ShellPapers: crowdsourcing analysis of all correspondence between Shell and the Dutch government Cory Doctorow
trumpism Blockbuster Gizmodo investigation reveals probable masterminds of the massive anti-Net Neutrality identity theft/astroturf campaign Cory Doctorow
fbi More FBI follies: civil rights groups are "terrorists" and their victims are the KKK Cory Doctorow
gender The FBI invented a fictitious "abortion extremist" movement, then warned local cops about potential acts of domestic terror from it Cory Doctorow
law In a huge win for open data, Congress passes the Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act Cory Doctorow
police Felons, Nazis: Michigan is occupied by an army of 3,000 armed, unregulated "police reservists" Cory Doctorow
law A data-driven look at the devastating efficacy of a far-right judge-education program Cory Doctorow