politics French president Macron calls election after far-right thrashes his party in EU vote Rob Beschizza
immigration British immigration chief orders removal of cartoon character murals at asylum center for lone children. They are "too welcoming" Ruben Bolling
indoor smoking House Republicans now allow smoking inside Capitol, causing quite a stink Carla Sinclair
surveillance Evan Greer's "Surveillance Capitalism" is the internet's new official protest song Thom Dunn
randy rainbow Randy Rainbow sings Trump is a 'poor deplorable troll' in 'Little Mermaid' parody Rusty Blazenhoff
futility closet In 1942, English anthropologist Ursula Graham Bower organized Indian hill people against invading Japanese Futility Closet
books 92-year-old's memoir tells the forgotten story of a German official who sabotaged Nazi deportations and saved more Jews than Schindler Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Thanks to an article about why science fiction great John M Ford's books are out of print, they're coming back Cory Doctorow