I've not really kept up with the WordPress drama, but I'm aware that it's ongoing and bizarre. This blog post seems to do a reasonable job of helping catch up on what's what.
Paywall removal tool. These seem to be a bit of a moving target (or rather the success with which they work is), so it's good to have a collection of them.
Dark Patterns at Scale: Findings from a Crawl of 11K Shopping Websites
Interesting site/paper detailing instances of "dark patterns" in online retail. Instances of website design that seek to manipulate the customer into doing things they may not have wanted or intended.