finance The retreat of "scientific selfishness," a literature review Cory Doctorow

Sex Ayn Rand, penis-curser Cory Doctorow

politics Anthropic says no to Pentagon demand for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons Rob Beschizza

Science Why psychopaths are less susceptible to contagious yawning Allan Rose Hill

misinformation Spite turns normal people into horse-paste-eating conspiracy addicts, says study Ellsworth Toohey

Disney World's Haunted Mansion shut down after human remains spotted Allan Rose Hill

noise pollution Car alarms are "idiotic, selfish forms of noise pollution that do nothing to deter crime" Mark Frauenfelder

crime Former mobster on how the New York Mafia actually operates David Pescovitz

disasters NYT: In times of global shock people help each other, while the elite panic Mark Frauenfelder

usausausa DHS plans to use credit-scores to judge who may become a citizen Cory Doctorow

gop White supremacy, minus gerrymandering: California GOP reduced to "third party status" Cory Doctorow

AI What would a "counterculture of AI" look like? Cory Doctorow

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

books Strong Female Protagonist, Book Two: the hard philosophical questions of superheroism and compassion Cory Doctorow

Science Goldman Sachs report: "Is curing patients a sustainable business model?" Cory Doctorow

class war Apple, Google add 45 minutes to commuter-bus run to avoid 280 highway, where the buses' windows keep getting smashed Cory Doctorow

corruption For 40 years, American Conservatives have filed down the definition of "corruption," turning the Framers' spear into a blunt stub Cory Doctorow

Business The Trump-funding, democracy-denying, Gawker-destroying Peter Thiel is finally no longer involved with Y Combinator Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Lumberjanes 5 & 6: the life aquatic (with riotmrrrrs!) Cory Doctorow

depression Depression's werewolves, and their families Rob Beschizza