Kurdish journalist Behrouz Bouchani fled Iran because he was going to be imprisoned for his work. Now he is imprisoned by Australia for being a refugee.

New Mexico has sentenced a man to 18 years in prison for spraying children with a watergun containing water mixed with his semen.

People should not do this, mainly because if they have some disease, there is a small chance they could transmit it this way. But if he didn't have a disease, I can't see that it did them any harm, or why they should be called "victims". This was not really "sexual contact".

Why Campus Cops Are So Dangerous.

Software has been developed to recognize human microexpressions. Most people (maybe all) will be unable to hide their feelings from these.

This may be good in some circumstances, and bad in others. Even if everyone has access to this, it will tend to reinforce the power of those with more power already.

Why it is important not to call PISSI by the names it gives itself.

It's the same reason we shouldn't call sharing "piracy", or call the prohibition of sharing "protection".