short film Guy finds McGruff the Crime Dog costume, makes gritty thriller Rusty Blazenhoff

racism Battle of the victims: how Asian hate and the housing crisis collide in the city Maddie Lee

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PSAs McGruff the Crime Dog released an album in the 80s Thom Dunn

real life zombies Passenger sinks teeth into her Uber driver's neck, say police Mark Frauenfelder

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

bad cops Trump's worst pardon so far is for the cop who sicced her police dog on a handcuffed man after he surrendered Mark Frauenfelder

racism Lawyer for gun-toting St. Louis couple describes his clients as "melanin-deficient human beings" Thom Dunn

qanon The QAnon cult has started appropriating the Punisher skull logo, too Thom Dunn

law Germany demands an end to working cryptography Cory Doctorow

surveillance Oh for fuck's sake, not this fucking bullshit again (cryptography edition) Cory Doctorow

News GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter indicted on wire fraud & campaign finance crimes, incl. $1,500+ of Steam games Xeni Jardin

late stage capitalism Seasteading meets the shock doctrine in Puerto Rico, where ethnic cleansing precedes Going Galt Cory Doctorow

siberia A trip to Siberia inspired "Madness Treads Lightly" Polina Dashkova

censorship Leaked Facebook docs: weird censorship standards that protect "white men but not black children" Cory Doctorow

spooks Australia announces plan to ban working cryptography at home and in the US, UK, New Zealand, and Canada Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole Theresa May wants to ban crypto: here's what that would cost, and here's why it won't work anyway Cory Doctorow

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

facebook Google and Facebook's "fake news" ban is a welcome nail in the coffin of "software objectivity" Cory Doctorow