Today's links

• University requires students to buy nonexistent webcams: Unobtanium vs. cheating.
• Gadget that adds steps to your Fitbit: An open source hardware answer to Fitbit-tied insurance programs.
• How Marcus Hutchins saved the world and lived to tell the tale: A nuanced portrait.
• Red states prep for postal vote: Murdering the elderly won't help them at the ballot box.
• Corporate Dems want to bail out lobbyists and dark money orgs: Centrism kills.
• Feds want national snitchlines for bosses whose workers don't want to die: Homelessness or coronavirus.
• Restaurants, hotels and bars cut the cord: The curse of bigness.
• NSO Group tried to sell malware to US law enforcement: Khashoggi killers, doing deals.
• Senate Dems want to ban internet disconnection: Broadband is a human right.
• This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
• Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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