censorship Egyptian cartoonist jailed over critical cartoons Ruben Bolling

repressed candidates As wife watches, Mike Pence nervously skirts question on if he would dine alone with female VP (video) Carla Sinclair

books The Handbook of Tyranny: stark infographics on human cruelty Andrea James

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police brutality Troops fire rubber bullets to prevent Catalan independence vote, injure at least 465 Cory Doctorow

books Asimov's 1980 review of 1984 called Orwell scientifically ignorant Ellsworth Toohey

politics Seven Stories Press compiles "Hands Off Iran" reading list Jennifer Sandlin

wikipedia From keyboard to prison cell: The dangerous side of Wikipedia editing Ellsworth Toohey

tucker carlson Tucker Carlson calls for jailing Dallas stadium architect Mark Frauenfelder

News Russia bans "the international LGBT public movement" Jason Weisberger

anger management issues Mike Pence sasses a MAGA fan, then backpedals with high praise for his haters (video) Carla Sinclair

heffalumps and woozles Winnie the Pooh teaches mass shooting survival skills to Texan kids Jason Weisberger

History Bastards of the Party: a ­documentary about why gangs emerged in L.A. Elías Villoro

music Animated feature Black is Beltza, Basque music, and the political art of Fermin Muguruza Elías Villoro

politics Democracy in Chile and the ghosts of Pinochet Elías Villoro

punk rock KEXP has a great retrospective on G.L.O.S.S. (Girls Living Outside Society's Shit) Thom Dunn

News New law requires Florida universities to survey students about their political views to promote "intellectual diversity" Mark Frauenfelder

Business Ben & Jerry's on Black Lives Matter and the police killing of George Floyd: We Must Dismantle White Supremacy Xeni Jardin

censorship UK's oldest ISP blames DoS attack on attempt to suppress human rights report about West Papua (read it now!) Cory Doctorow

china Taiwanese sympathizers are shipping helmets and gas-masks to Hong Kong Cory Doctorow