telcoms Between Trump, Ajit Pai and a GOP Congress, there's never been a better time for a terrible Sprint/T-Mobile merger Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Big Telco hates "regulation," but they love their billions in government handouts Cory Doctorow

deaths Robert Hanssen, FBI agent who spied for Russia, dead at 79 Rob Beschizza

Science In simulation, AI-enabled drone kills its human operators if they try to cancel its mission Ruben Bolling

donald trump Prosecutors uncover damning recording: Trump held classified Pentagon file Mark Frauenfelder

History Sixty years of A Confederacy of Dunces' Ignatius J. Reilly Elías Villoro

pay it forward Billionaire hands UMass Boston grads $1000 in cash with their diploma Rusty Blazenhoff

law Supreme Court leaves Section 230 alone in case blaming social media in terror death Rob Beschizza

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elon musk U.S. Virgin Islands subpoenas Elon Musk for documents about Jeffrey Epstein Rob Beschizza

dupe Russia's mercenaries in Ukraine willing to sell out Jason Weisberger

jerks The artist who posted that horrible personal assistant ad was Tom Sachs, and now Nike has dumped him Mark Frauenfelder

conspirituality We need to talk about Marianne Williamson Jennifer Sandlin

Rich People Private jets make up nearly 20% of US flights but only pay for 2% of FAA funding Thom Dunn

Republicans Herschel Walker directed a $500k political donation into his business Jason Weisberger

Science Parrots learn to video chat and make long-distance friends with other parrots Jennifer Sandlin

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music The Swedish rock album that came with a supplemental reading list Elías Villoro

wonderful creatures Grubby the opossum is on the loose in Homer, Alaska Jennifer Sandlin

bending the rules Elite runner wins 3rd in ultramarathon — by using car in part of the race (and yes, she's disqualified) Carla Sinclair