police Illinois just became the first state to make it illegal for cops to lie to kids Thom Dunn

Making A Murderer Summary of the doc Making A Murderer in a two-minute song Mark Frauenfelder

pennsylvania Watch: Murderer escapes Pennsylvania prison with quick crab-like vanishing act (video) Carla Sinclair

crime Nurse who murdered 7 babies to spend rest of life in jail Rob Beschizza

Welcome to Gilead Margaret Atwood says the Supreme Court is making The Handmaid's Tale a reality in the U.S. Mark Frauenfelder

magic Ioan Petru Culianu, argonaut of the 4th dimension Ferdinando Buscema

tabloids Armie Hammer's cannibalism and Lizzie Borden's ax in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Schilling Jr.

police brutality ACAB: All Cops Are Batman Thom Dunn

dupe Kentucky's former GOP governor pardoned a bunch of rapists and murderers on his way out of office, including a child rapist Cory Doctorow

surveillance Credit card activity as a predictor of mass shootings Cory Doctorow

conspiracy theories #D5: Advice for people who just realized that Qanon is bullshit Cory Doctorow

fake news Noah's Ark found, a Palace coup, and a Hollywood poker scam, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants Exit West: beautifully wrought novel about refugees, mobility and borders Cory Doctorow

books I Can't Breathe: Matt Taibbi's scorching book on the murder of Eric Garner and the system that let the killers get away with it Cory Doctorow

trumpism Donald Trump will not condemn the terrorist attacks on anti-Nazi protestors Cory Doctorow

media Obama accused of "bungling and treachery," and other tabloid stunners Peter Sheridan

obama President Obama's final State of the Union address Xeni Jardin

books The final Pratchett: The Shepherd's Crown Cory Doctorow