crypto wars Debunking "ghost users": MI5's plan to backdoor all secure messaging platforms Cory Doctorow

crypto "Phooey": a pre-eminent cryptographer responds to Ray Ozzie's key escrow system Cory Doctorow

gadgets KitchenAid puts a new feature in an old mixer: a stepless speed dial Rob Beschizza

Games McFarlane Toys accidentally confirms Fallout 3 remaster for August Grant St. Clair

a 3-step plan for change Yes, protesting does make a difference! Here's how Carla Sinclair

incommunicado Cybersecurity professor erased from Indiana University while FBI raids his home: "None of this is in any way normal" Carla Sinclair

Secretary Rubio's exciting new game show: "Who wants to be deported?" Ellsworth Toohey

london Early illustration of 17th-century London's coffeehouse culture Popkin

drugs Santa Claus was actually a psychedelic mushroom Allan Rose Hill

Telegram CEO arrested in France Rob Beschizza

Science New research finds evidence that sea anemones track the sun Jennifer Sandlin

new york Prisoners' headstones in New York now humanized with names, not just ID numbers Rusty Blazenhoff

religion Conspirituality: A podcast that dismantles New Age cults, wellness grifters, and conspiracy-mad yogis Elías Villoro

television Michael Imperioli thought The Sopranos might not catch on Devin Nealy

twitter Major advertisers are fleeing Twitter, says Washington Post Mark Frauenfelder

climate change Lancet releases new report on the health impacts of climate change Thom Dunn

climate change Patagonia founder transfers ownership to environmental trust Jennifer Sandlin

kooks Marjorie Taylor Greene says "Satan's controlling the church" because Christians are helping migrants Mark Frauenfelder

panopticon Arizona police department used federal Covid funds to buy high tech surveillance equipment Mark Frauenfelder

climate change Last year's lockdowns reduced carbon emissions. This year's wildfires undid all that. Thom Dunn