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

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

trump Trump staffers are lying to prove their loyalty Mark Frauenfelder

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

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

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

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

privacy Toronto approves Google's surveillance city, despite leaks revealing Orwellian plans Cory Doctorow

bikes Rise of the Surveillance Scooters? Albert Fox Cahn

Copyfight Florida's prisons change tech providers, wipe out $11.2m worth of music purchased by prisoners Cory Doctorow

trumpism The FCC will move to kill net neutrality over Thanksgiving and it thinks that we'll all be too busy eating and shopping to notice Cory Doctorow

facebook "Big Browser is watching" Rob Beschizza

corruption The Olympics are profitable for every host city (that lies about the numbers) Cory Doctorow

Copyfight The Gimmick Economy: how central banks pretend software isn't eating the world Cory Doctorow

Kids UK "anti-radicalisation" law can take kids from thoughtcriming parents in secret trials Cory Doctorow

movies Meet the scientific storytellers who can make the public afraid of anything—for a price Ethan Gilsdorf

Syria/Serbia Jasmina Tesanovic