Why Are Gay Bars Building Databases of Their Patrons?
Recent reports have raised alarm about the use of PatronScan, an ID-checking and face-scanning system, at multiple LGBTQ+ bars in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. Much…
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Roundup’s Surprising Connection to Industrial Meat
Like climate change, deforestation and bird flu, the proliferation of glyphosate is fueled by industrialized livestock production.
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Poland Seeks Extradition of Ex-Justice Minister From US Over Criminal Charges
Polish prosecutors have formally requested the temporary arrest and extradition of former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro from the U.S. so he could face criminal charges…
Demanding a ‘15 Percent Cut’: Former Ukrainian Nuclear Official Sent to Trial Over Bribes
Ukrainian anti-corruption prosecutors have sent a former executive at the state nuclear operator to trial on charges of demanding more than $147,000 in kickbacks from…
France Approves Automated, Real-Time Blocking of Pirate Sports Streams
French lawmakers have officially adopted a new sports law that replaces manual domain checks with support for automated, real-time piracy blocking. The system allows for…
HIV, hepatitis, STI gains at risk as funding falls, WHO warns
Years of progress in tackling HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are at risk of stalling, leaving millions of people without access to…
A hijab inspection, a slap, a warning letter: Inside three months of Taliban rule
A woman is stopped for buying groceries alone. The shopkeeper who served her is slapped and hauled in for questioning. A teacher is turned away…
What Rolls Downhill
Recent calls for mandatory retirement in academia are a reminder that class and other social hierarchies are something like mountains with increasingly dense fog toward…
Azerbaijani Court Jails 9 Journalists and Activists for up to 15 Years
A Baku court convicted journalists, media rights workers, and pro-democracy activists linked to Toplum TV on financial crimes charges, sentencing them to between 12 and…
Pluralistic: Discernment (28 Jul 2026)
Today’s links Discernment: How can you fact-check AI when you’re asking it to teach you something you don’t understand? Hey look at this: Delights to…