people who ignore good advice Gentleman ignores advice not to drive jeep without brakes Mark Frauenfelder

hacks gone wrong Oops! Passenger tries viral pillowcase hack to sneak more stuff onto plane — gets kicked off flight (video) Carla Sinclair

tabloids "Unhinged Putin" and World War III in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Hollywood stars too fat and too thin, and the Royal reality TV show, in this week's dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan

Copyfight The EU hired a company that had been lobbying for the Copyright Directive to make a (completely batshit) video to sell the Copyright Directive Cory Doctorow

gender Tavi Gevinson is folding up Rookie, after seven years: part mediapocalypse, part moving on Cory Doctorow

work Ghosting is now happening at the workplace too Rusty Blazenhoff

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media Fugitive is in the doghouse after cops catch her hiding in a doghouse Peter Sheridan

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cuba A brief visit to Cuba Lars Forseti

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