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Tilapia: Freak Farmed Fish or Evolutionary Rock Star?
Dr. Ricki Lewis digs into the evolution of the odd tilapia fish.
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Syria and the Anti-Imperialism of Idiots
How both the Right and the Left in Western countries agree on at least one thing in Syria: Syrians know nothing about their own country and need other nations to “liberate” them. Leila Al Shami writes.
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Free Thing of the Week: The Big Data Agenda
Annika Richterich’s book on Big Data and the surveillance society comes at an opportune time.
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Like a Dog
Jacob Bacharach confronts Shakespeare’s opinion of dogs and counters with his own poetic story.
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Wall Street is Trying to Embezzle Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Relief Money
Lara Merling investigates the newfound Wall Street love of Puerto Rico “investment.”
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Sunday Comics
One night Frank was on his way home from work, stopped at the liquor store, picked up a couple Mickey’s Big Mouths, drank ’em in the car on his way. At the Shell station, he got the Comix, gas in a can, drove home, then…
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How Seattle, WA is Balancing Openness with Privacy in an Age of Online Data Threats
Sunlight Foundation’s Katya Abazajian talks to Seattle’s Chief Technology Officer about how to balance privacy and open data on the civic level.
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Cambridge Analytica:The Outrage is the Real Story
The bitter pill many refuse to swallow shows the difference between the world we think we’re in, and the one we really inhabit. Marcus Gilroy-Ware considers.

