Today's links

Homeschool to prison pipeline: Michigan judge jails Black teenager with a learning disability for not doing lockdown homework.

Spain has been an NSO customer since 2015: Whistleblower leaks the receipts.

McKinsey waxes fat off coronavirus failures: McKinsey got $100m (and climbing!) for its role in the disastrous US coronavirus response.

Biden's $2T climate plan: It's at least an order of magnitude shy of what's needed.

PE's three kids in a trenchcoat fraud: How private equity bilked PPP for hundreds of millions.

Leakypick: Probing smart speakers for covert audio exfiltration.

Poesy slays: Praise for "Poesy the Monster Slayer."

This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019

Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Today's links

The Masque of the Red Death and Punch Brothers Punch: My latest podcast is Poe/Twain bathos crossover.
Fill in your census online: Otherwise you and people you care about literally won't count.
Naomi Klein: this disaster has no room for disaster capitalism: It's our moment to seize.
Scalzi's canceled bookstore: Support your local indie bookseller, especially now.
My Twitter account was suspended: I got in trouble for putting trolls on a list called "Colossal Assholes."
Talking digital writing careers with the Writing Excuses podcast: Covering a lot of ground in 15 minutes.
A new anxiety podcast from Nightvale's Joseph Fink: Proud to be in the debut episode.
Patent trolls try to shut down covid testing: Monkey-selfies, Theranos, Softbank – it's a garbage matrioshke!
How to live with your kids: "Working and Learning from Home with Young Children."
Brave files GDPR complaint against Google: Sharing data between Google services is a no-no.
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, current writing projects, upcoming appearances, current reading

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