surveillance Check out "Forever Wars," a new newsletter that reimagines national security reporting Thom Dunn
linux Researchers checked bugs into the Linux kernel to see if they'd get noticed. The bugs got through. Their uni got banned. Rob Beschizza
cyberpunk Interview with Mondo 2000's RU Sirius on the internet's techno-utopian past and clusterf*cked present Gareth Branwyn
writing tools The Writers' Co-op is a great new podcast about how to make your freelance writing career work Thom Dunn
tabloids Predator priests, Game of Thrones, and why Italians don't use Viagra, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Thanks to an article about why science fiction great John M Ford's books are out of print, they're coming back Cory Doctorow
Journalism The problem with all the mistakes in Jill Abramson's book on journalism is you'll never know who wrote them Rob Beschizza
Science New Scientist calls for the end of the scholarly publishing industry: "more profitable than oil," "indefensible" Cory Doctorow