google Dream job nightmare: Google leaves new hire jobless and without an apartment Mark Frauenfelder
politics "Smiles" emphasized over "health and wellbeing" as In-N-Out orders workers not to wear masks without doctor's note Jennifer Sandlin
sickos in charge Workers must wear genital-matching clothes or face termination, says Texas AG commissioner Carla Sinclair
jobs Help wanted: "Bloodthirsty" Director of Rodent Mitigation to deal with New York City's rat problem David Pescovitz
censorship Substack fires editor in "retaliation" for working with high-profile writer who switched to rival Ghost Thom Dunn
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News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin
Technology Pinterest: 200+ employees hold virtual walkout over gender and race discrimination Xeni Jardin
urban theory Owner of Phoenix apartment building serves eviction notices to every tenant so he can turn their homes into unlicensed hotel rooms Cory Doctorow
corruption Trump's new climate czar has repeatedly and unrepentantly compared efforts to reduce CO2 to Hitler's slaughter of 6,000,000 Jews Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Blame authors' fortunes on monopolism, not university professors, booksellers and librarians — UPDATED Cory Doctorow
fake news Michael Jackson is alive, Elvis is haunting Wayne Newton, and Sean Hannity's secrets are revealed, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
donald trump Trump aide Stephen Miller was a creepy glue-eating kid in 3rd grade, says former teacher Xeni Jardin