authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow
class war When the HR department is a robotic phrenologist: "face-scanning algorithm" gains popularity as a job-applicant screener Cory Doctorow
Business Police cameras to be augmented with junk-science "microexpression" AI lie-detectors Cory Doctorow
racism Machine learning hucksters invent an AI racist uncle that predicts your personality from your facial bone structure Cory Doctorow
happy mutants The Lie Behind the Lie Detector: how to beat the pseudoscientific polygraph Cory Doctorow
gwot Internal TSA files reveal that they have no evidence the $1B "behavioral detection" program works Cory Doctorow
corruption Ted Cruz campaign hires dirty data-miners who slurped up millions of Facebook users' data Cory Doctorow
Science Why bad science is sometimes "more appealing" than good science, even for other scientists David Pescovitz
design For sale: Odd and fantastic San Francisco octagonal home designed by phrenologist David Pescovitz
Funny McSweeney's: sure, Bernie is incredibly popular, but can he sway the "completely hateable assholes, who want what's worst for everyone?" Cory Doctorow
