I am looking for people to write a recipe for how to connect to the WiFi in a Mcdonalds without running its nonfree Javascript code. The recipe could include a free Javascript program I could run, or it could consist of instructions for what I would type into IceCat (our variant of Firefox). It doesn't have't be super convenient, it just has to work.

Some states are prohibiting marijuana stores from keeping records of who their customers are.

This should be extended to all stores!

United Airlines has a systematic practice of ordering passengers off the plane and threatening them with violence.

It's not a matter of a few "bad apples", it's the way the barrel was built that makes all the apples in it go bad.

And it's not just this one company. Big companies tend to have rules that forbid staff to act humanely, because their policy is that the customer is always wrong.

Why are the companies so big? Because the US and other countries make it too easy for companies to merge. We need to keep them small so as to preserve competition. In addition, the "efficiency" they achieve by merging is a nice way of saying "fewer good jobs".

US citizens: call on Congress not to let the troll weaken the funding system for Social Security.

The troll supports a tax break that would enable giant US companies to avoid $300bn in taxes.