resistance Woke Giant, retro political art for third century America Rusty Blazenhoff

los angeles L.A. TACO is a terrific resource for on-the-ground news from Los Angeles Jennifer Sandlin

News California cops ignore science on lineups, keep sending innocents to jail Yoy Luadha

arrests MAGA lovebirds arrested for beating police at Capitol on Jan 6 Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Testicles in a jar (and China's invasion of America) in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

colonialism Puerto Ricans resist disaster capitalists and "Puertopians" in Hurricane Maria's wake Elías Villoro

reporters just doing their job NewsNation reporter "roughed up" and arrested for reporting in Ohio Carla Sinclair

Protestor attempted to glue herself to floor during NBA game David Pescovitz

January 6th The Insurrection Index keeps tabs on everyone who tried to overthrow the election on January 6 Mark Frauenfelder

police brutality Unreleased bodycam video reportedly shows cops lied about black man they killed in his car Rob Beschizza

apple Apple fires misogynistic employee just hours after he was hired Mark Frauenfelder

Topless teens and palace intrigue in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

books Boing Boing's 28 favorite books in 2019 Rob Beschizza

happy mutants How to Do Nothing: Jenny Odell's case for resisting "The Attention Economy" Cory Doctorow

gender Teen Vogue counsels taping over your webcam to resist FBI (and other) surveillance Cory Doctorow

bully cops Horrifying video of cops trying to pry baby away from mom all because she sat on the floor Carla Sinclair

security Australia just voted to ban working cryptography. No, really. Cory Doctorow

News 'Act like a lady,' Denver police tell journalist as they handcuff and detain her for photographing them Xeni Jardin

underwater Is Amazon's water-resisting plastic bag for your phone better than a plain ol' Ziploc? Jason Weisberger

Copyfight Human rights coalition from the global south to W3C: don't put DRM in web standards! Cory Doctorow