Google is the only search engine most people ever think about, and the post here arguing otherwise makes its case from a practical angle. If you have been penalised, or simply cannot rank, you need somewhere else to be found, so it goes through four engines worth the effort and what each one rewards.
The social network piece asks whether reach on a page was deliberately reduced so that promoted posts became necessary, which is a sharper question than most commentary on the subject bothers to ask.
There is a plain summary of a large batch of new state laws, covering employers who demand access to staff social accounts, penalties for adults who allow underage drinking on any property they control, and the end of an exemption for relatives who shelter a fugitive.
A post on a surveillance bill sits beside them, and one in Spanish comparing a football manager to Steve Jobs, built on the idea that nobody regrets what they did not say.
Take the search engine post if everything you have depends on one company's ranking.