finance Comcast fights shareholder call for lobbying transparency, saying that it would be "burdensome" to reveal how much it spends lobbying states Cory Doctorow
government Meet the only lobbyist pushing for US government "disclosure" of E.T. visitation David Pescovitz
bbc BBC won't broadcast Attenborough episode on destruction of wildlife over fear of right-wing backlash Gareth Branwyn
Marjorie "Jewish Space Lasers" Greene Marjorie Taylor Greene tells another lie about "Jewish space lasers" Mark Frauenfelder
politics New York passed the nation's first right-to-repair law. Pleasing tech lobbyists, Governor Kathy Hochul hasn't signed it Rob Beschizza
failed experiments New poll reveals that most Democrats and Republicans agree that America will "cease to be a democracy" in the future, and is headed for civil war Mark Frauenfelder
block Payment software company Square changed its name to 'Block' this month. Now H&R Block is suing them. Annie Rauwerda