apple Apple's fine-print reveals a secret program to spy on Iphone users and generate "trust scores" Cory Doctorow

china China's pervasive "social credit" scheme is still in development, but already profoundly shaping public behavior Cory Doctorow

surveillance The predictable dystopian trajectory of China's Citizen Scores Cory Doctorow

china Chinese jaywalkers are identified and shamed by facial recognition, and now they'll get warnings over text message Cory Doctorow

Civlib China's "citizen scores" used to blacklist 6.7m people from using high-speed rail or flying Cory Doctorow

politics Public university president bans drag show and promises to ignore "the law of the land" Rob Beschizza

military US Naval Institute recalls a prior enemy's weaponized hot air balloon which… wasn't David Pescovitz

books How to read Donald Duck 50 years after the CIA fomented a coup in Chile on September 11, 1973 Elías Villoro

security theater A comic book history of the Pinkerton Agency Thom Dunn

censorship Florida school censors play about censorship over Jewish lesbians Thom Dunn

36 months after George Floyd's murder, police reform finally considered in Minnesota Elías Villoro

donald trump More than 15,000 Christians (so far) sign a petition protesting Trump's 2024 candidacy Carla Sinclair

violence Where are the lines between incel misogyny and violence? Elías Villoro

better this way Boston Dynamics pledges not to weaponize its "General Purpose Robots" Andrew Yi

donald trump GOP online mob violently threatens judge who ordered Trump's search warrant Carla Sinclair

annoying "You're too sensitive" is the most annoying phrase in America, beating out "No offense, but…" Rob Beschizza

scotus Maddow on the manufacturing of abortion outrage on the right Gareth Branwyn

music New Zealand weaponizing Barry Manilow and James Blunt against vaccine mandate protestors David Pescovitz

potatoes 3D Modeling shows why different potato shapes taste better Thom Dunn

videos This YouTube video just hit one billion views David Pescovitz