politics French Polynesia says it didn't renew its deal with the Seasteaders, a group of libertarian separatists Cory Doctorow

travel $21k nightmare: Norwegian Cruise Line abandons family in Alaska  Ellsworth Toohey

maps From wall art to wallet fattener: The world of old maps Yoy Luadha

twitter Musk fancies himself an Ayn Randian superhero, so naturally, he'll blame others for Twitter's downfall Mark Frauenfelder

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

music Band offers to send students copies of books banned by Alaska school board David Pescovitz

coronavirus Trump's coronavirus travel ban conveniently exempts all of his European resorts Thom Dunn

climate Climate denial has destroyed the libertarian movement Cory Doctorow

immigration The American right loves forms, paperwork and other bureaucracy Cory Doctorow

trumpism Blame billionaires for climate change Cory Doctorow

twitter American Conservative laments market concentration and private property as bad for free expression Cory Doctorow

corruption Extreme poverty is on the decline, extreme inequality is on the rise Cory Doctorow

fbi Joshua Schulte named as suspect in 'Vault 7' leak of CIA tools to Wikileaks, but charged instead over child porn Xeni Jardin

Desktop probability machine Mark Frauenfelder

late stage capitalism Seasteading meets the shock doctrine in Puerto Rico, where ethnic cleansing precedes Going Galt Cory Doctorow

music There's a "Weird Al" Yankovic remix of Portugal. The Man's "Feel it Still" Rusty Blazenhoff

Copyfight The myth of the "genius creator" requires that we ignore the people they build on, or insist they don't matter Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Popehat's new First Amendment law-podcast is great! Cory Doctorow