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

books Sci-Hub and Libgen descend from a Soviet tradition of smuggled science Ellsworth Toohey

Science Augmented reality glasses can aid dementia patients — and their caregivers Gail Sherman

Science How do you score on the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale? Rob Beschizza

britain Garden gnome fails to defend tiny patch of land against claim Rob Beschizza

politics Epstein advised Bannon to smear Blasey Ford during Kavanaugh fight, and more fallout Ellsworth Toohey

History Documentary uncovers forgotten 1946 football game months after Nagasaki bombing Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Disney and Universal file major copyright lawsuit against Midjourney over AI-generated characters Ellsworth Toohey

censorship Watch the Twix ad that Britain just banned Rob Beschizza

slavery As Nottoway "Plantation & Resort" burns, it's a great time to remind you that plantation weddings are wrong, period Jennifer Sandlin

Science Male proboscis monkeys show off their "large fleshy noses" Jennifer Sandlin

AI How LLMs work, put simply Rob Beschizza

Games Nvidia RTX 5090s sold out immediately at top retailers Rob Beschizza

wealth Diamond prices dropping sharply Rob Beschizza

anthropology Our early ancestors weren't big meat eaters after all Allan Rose Hill

sports Discofoot "shakes, shimmies and twirls us further away from our society's cumbersome classifications" Jennifer Sandlin

books Library doesn't even want overdue copy of 1971's "Baseball's Zaniest Stars" back Rob Beschizza

bitcoin A Bitcoin mine in Congo is fueling a surprising conservation effort Thom Dunn