horror Finding Pennywise the Clown in your backyard is serious business Séamus Bellamy

politics Sister relationship destroyed after Trump supporter defends husband's threatening "dark humor" Ellsworth Toohey

donald trump There are no guardrails: Trump's second term will lead to a dictatorship Yoy Luadha

domestic abuse Lauren Boebert's son called 911 accusing his father of "throwing me around" the house Carla Sinclair

politics GOP congressman retires after publication of text asking "ISIS bride" mistress to rim his ass Rob Beschizza

bad weddings Woman asks Slate's Dear Prudence if she should divorce husband who shoved her face into wedding cake Mark Frauenfelder

Election 2020 Your terrifying reading for today: Wargame designer outlines 4 post-election civil war scenarios Gareth Branwyn

disasters NYT: In times of global shock people help each other, while the elite panic Mark Frauenfelder

china Massive leak of Chinese government documents reveal the "no mercy" plan for Muslims in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow

law The TSA strip searched a grandmother on Mother's Day and now says that she's overreacting because it's no different from a locker room Cory Doctorow

gwot Big Tech is deleting evidence needed to prosecute war crimes, and governments want them to do more of it Cory Doctorow

disillusionment Post-internet lament Jasmina Tesanovic

corruption Equifax will make hundreds of millions in extra profits from its apocalyptic breach (forever) Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Ikea vs Superfans: how paranoid trademark lawyers make everything suck Zoe Fraade-Blanar and Aaron Glazer

fear What the stampede at JFK airport tells us about fear Rob Beschizza

cocks LA's "credible" terror threats were reportedly anonymous email from cock.li Rob Beschizza

politics "Stranger Danger" to children vastly overstated Glenn Fleishman

psychology Why people believe things you don't believe David McRaney

kickstarter Kickstop: how a sleazebag slipped through Kickstarter's cracks Glenn Fleishman