Technology Someone hacked Seattle crosswalk buttons to broadcast fake Jeff Bezos messages about tax dodging Ellsworth Toohey

politics House Dem introduces "Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy" (ELON MUSK) Act Ellsworth Toohey

politics Foreign tourists paid $4500 a person for a safari-like "U.S. Election Tour" Thom Dunn

putin Fiona Hill: "It's very clear that Elon Musk is transmitting a message for Putin" Jason Weisberger

History Every day is Columbus Day for indigenous peoples Elías Villoro

UFOs Those times the US military hoaxed the public about extraterrestrial contact David Pescovitz

politics CNN political analyst says Trump will fire Pence on July 16, 2020 Mark Frauenfelder

gun violence Washington is finally starting to do something about gun violence, just not about mass shootings Thom Dunn

News FCC closed due to government shutdown, Ajit Pai won't be at CES Xeni Jardin

trumpism Ben Carson wants to raise rents on public housing tenants by 300%+, attacking elderly, people with disabilities and working poor Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Romance writers sought for library residency at my former Toronto workplace Cory Doctorow

video Cityscapes created inside toilet paper rolls Andrea James

happy mutants White House contends with AI's big social challenges, July 7/NYC Cory Doctorow

gamergate That time the Internet sent a SWAT team to my mom's house Caroline Sinders