June 1, 2015

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The Patriot Act is only mostly dead—the USA Freedom Act is mostly the same, without bulk telecom surveillance.

Rand Paul was ready for his closeup in last night’s congressional tussle over spying.

In a smartphone-connected world, hurdling corporate and cultural roadblocks in the fight for the blind.

Browser extension shows you the international provenance of your web experience.

“If the FBI can’t tell how many people were killed by law enforcement last year, what other kinds of criminal-justice data are missing?”

Citing the Onion, FIFA-ousted politician blames corruption charges on American jealousy.

Bernie Sanders was probably comparing poverty to deodorant because we have too much of both.

Web queried about decision to have children; this Google doc contains the honest submissions.

Climate change is sharpening existing moral paradoxes as well as introducing new ones.

May’s weird weather is because of a stuck jet stream, El Nino, climate change, and/or nothing.

The creator of the iconic Obama HOPE poster, Shepard Fairey, says he’s lost faith in his subject.

A pre-Obama-poster gallery of Shepard Fairey’s street art.

“One in 10 cigarettes that smokers light up in Europe is counterfeit or contraband.”

When you accidentally become a temporary cigarette bootlegger on the Ukraine-Romania border.

There’s only like 10 adjectives to describe burgers. The story of the hamburger.

See also: “A cheeseburger cannot exist outside of a highly developed, post-agrarian society.”