“Yep, I survived the nuclear holocaust thanks to Gizmodo. It was... sort of a magic book that used to appear on all these black rectangles scattered among the ruins. Now, of course, I envy the dead.”

I like this “redaction” strategy. In fact I don’t think it goes far enough. When there’s a mass shooting in America, I sometimes hear the suggestion that the media should refrain from using the killer’s name, based on the notion that these guys are just doing it for the attention, and the least we can do is deprive…