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Free Thing of the Week: Tactical Data Engagement
This week’s Free Thing helps citizens engage their government through data collection and analysis provided by the cities themselves.
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What We Do and Don’t Know About Facebook’s New Political Ad Transparency Initiative
Facebook has promised to clean up its political ads. Will their promise hold? Julia Angwin investigates.
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Puerto Rico: Trapped Between Colonialism and Hurricanes
Puerto Rico is more than a tropical paradise. It’s also a colonialist nightmare. Ana Portnoy writes.
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Speaking of Independence is Getting Harder for Hong Kong
After pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong last week comes the inevitable backlash. Oiwan Lam reports.
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Apple Does Right by Users, and Advertisers are Displeased
Advertisers complain that privacy destroys their business model. Andrés Arrieta writes.
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Facebook Enabled Advertisers to Reach “Jew Haters”
How Facebook allowed sponsored ads targeted to anti-Semites and racists. Julia Angwin reports.
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Why Hackathons Should Insist on Free Software
Richard M. Stallman lays out the principles for a truly community-based hackathon.
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Sunday Comics
Across the nation, around the world: Everybody have fun tonight. It’s Sunday Comics, so spread the word. Everybody have fun tonight!
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Uncle Oatmeal
Something about rain, and the inevitable progression of time. Fiction by Gordon Haber.
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