Arthur D. Hlavaty

Is it time to stop hating the rat? [BBC}

What we still haven’t learned from Gamergate [Vox]

Thanx to Metafilter

Happy birthday, nellorat

The most popular last name in every country in the world, and what they mean [Matador]

Happy birthday, kijjohnson

There are technological wars all around us. In sports it’s performance enhancement vs. performance enhancement detection. Many websites have started nagging us about ad blockers or even making it impossible to read them without that essential prophylaxis. I eagerly await the next step: when the ad blockers are undetectable, or better yet tell the advertisers that their shit is being viewed by an audience as rich as Trump says he is and as gullible as the people who vote for him.

Happy birthday, abostick59 and asfi

Happy birthday, aetra

The 30 most evil tech companies. (Facebook is only second.) [Slate]

This week’s entry in the Stupider-&-Meaner-than-Trump Sweepstakes (open to legislators in all the several states) is a Missouri bill to imprison librarians. [PEN America]