Copyfight An Indian research university has assembled 73 million journal articles (without permission) and is offering the archive for unfettered scientific text-mining Cory Doctorow

corruption Text-mining journalists find that lawmakers introduced 10,000 bills that were copypasted from lobbyists' "model legislation" Cory Doctorow

politics Trump only writes the angry tweets, the nice ones are written by a staffer with an Iphone Cory Doctorow

bitcoin I can't believe it took this long for someone to make a Bitcoin-mining space heater Thom Dunn

media Why is New York City perceived as the most dangerous city in the Galaxy? Elías Villoro

podcasts How We Survive podcast tackles lithium's relationship to climate change Elías Villoro

politics The Originalism of White Supremacy and Judicial Review Elías Villoro

in living color Craig Walsh's "Monuments" art installation uses live trees to bring static impressionism to life Andrew Yi

justice DOJ charges 4 Louisville Metro Police officers related to Breonna Taylor's death Andrew Yi

driving Here's what stripped Americans of their last state without a daytime numerical speed limit  Andrew Yi

russia If you want to understand Putin, learn about Alexander Dugin, the fascist Russian charlatan beloved by the U.S.'s far-right Mark Frauenfelder

law Pennsylvania supreme court rules smell of cannabis cannot be sole pretext for police search Rob Beschizza

halloween Bring back the Halloween tradition of throwing cabbage at people Thom Dunn

COVID-19 People who contracted Covid may have "substantial" drop in intelligence, according to The Lancet Mark Frauenfelder

tech Venture capitalists launch Future, an "optimistic" tech site Rob Beschizza

racism City of Placerville removes hangman's noose from town logo Jason Weisberger

crime Looking at the data about 2020's homicide spike provides no clear or easy answers Thom Dunn

qanon QAnon has some weird overlaps with MMA, WWE, and Wellness Influencer Culture Thom Dunn

letters Opening an intricately-folded "locked" letter from c.1700 David Pescovitz

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