language The 1817 table that reveals how words manipulate our thinking Ellsworth Toohey

travel TSA approves having a mummified head as your carry-on luggage, with reservations Rob Beschizza

politics Britain's Home Secretary wants AI so "the eyes of the state can be on you at all times" Rob Beschizza

Kids How facial recognition has turned summer camp into a dystopia for campers, parents, counsellors and photographers (but not facial recognition vendors) Cory Doctorow

photography The story of the TSA's oddly entertaining Instagram account David Pescovitz

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Business Investing in David v Goliath: hundreds of millions slosh into litigation finance funds Cory Doctorow

futility closet How the Allies used Monopoly sets to smuggle escape equipment into Nazi POW camps Futility Closet