pigs George Orwell on the real meaning of Animal Farm: get rid of the pigs Thom Dunn

books George Orwell's 1984 to be rewritten from a female perspective David Pescovitz

muppets Someone made a fake trailer for "The Muppets 1984" Thom Dunn

corruption TSA: the fact that our secret surveillance program hasn't caught anyone means it's working Cory Doctorow

Back in print: chilling collection of 300 dreams under Nazi totalitarianism Mark Frauenfelder

law Scientific report concludes nurse Lucy Letby did not kill babies Rob Beschizza

elon musk "Be kind" desk sign deemed contraband by Musk's DOGE enforcers Ellsworth Toohey

News Trump's "God Bless the USA" Bible deletes women's voting rights and slavery amendments Mark Frauenfelder

conspiracy theory The 2024 Santa Monica Film Festival was chock full of red-pilled conspiracy content Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids Trump's dementia and teddy bear sex in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

fox news Fox's indictment coverage as a horror movie trailer Jason Weisberger

politics Ohio redefines natural gas as "green energy" and makes it easier to drill in state parks Rob Beschizza

first crt now the Holocaust Art Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus now banned in Tennessee schools Carla Sinclair

nsa The NSA tweeted a response to Tucker Carlson's claim that the agency is spying on him David Pescovitz

animation Watch this cartoon about the Orwellian life of a man whose sole job is to push buttons Popkin

tabloids UFOs, dogfights and what's wrong with Joe Biden, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics Brits mask up irrespective of political affiliation Rob Beschizza

antifa Trump's tweets about Antifa show his ignorance of US law Thom Dunn

science fiction Max Barry on how science fiction prepares us for the apocalypse Mark Frauenfelder

china Leaked documents document China's plan for mass arrests and concentration-camp internment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow