online communities Envision the future of digital public spaces at the inaugural New Public Festival, January 12-14 Thom Dunn

social media The case for creating "public parks" on the Internet Thom Dunn

late stage capitalism Civil society groups protest the sale of .ORG to a private equity fund and a collection of Republican billionaires Cory Doctorow

privacy A million passports leaked online by marijuana club portal Rob Beschizza

censorship Help save Internet Archive's Wayback Machine by signing this petition Jennifer Sandlin

books Here's a terrific search hack for the Internet Archive Book Images Flickr photo stream Jennifer Sandlin

Technology Congressman wants AI out of kids' toys after chatbots got weird with children Mark Frauenfelder

politics Megachurch pastor who abused 12-year-old is free after 6 months in jail Rob Beschizza

books Slop Hurl: horror novel Shy Girl withdrawn after it turns out AI wrote it Rob Beschizza

books The Tokyo Vice author digs into cryptocurrency's darkest chapters Roger Park

Archive.today links banned at Wikipedia after operator edits archived URLs Rob Beschizza

adorable animals "Babe, wake up, new panda rat just dropped!": Meet the Northern Luzon Cloud Rat Jennifer Sandlin

politics Kash Patel finds free speech inconvenient, opens investigation into chat groups warning about ICE Ellsworth Toohey

nostalgia From 1979-1995, Omni featured the best science fiction minds predicting our future Séamus Bellamy

History Over 20 years of International Space Station history is now online Séamus Bellamy

gadgets Kohler toilet camera ready to observe your poop (and train AI) Rob Beschizza

vintage Get a front-row seat to the 1939-40 New York World's Fair with rare amateur footage Popkin

politics Habeas Corpus and other provisions removed from official website of U.S. Constitution Rob Beschizza

shopping The last Sears in California Rob Beschizza