Comic Books A sneak peek at Mark Russell's scathing late capitalism satire Billionaire Island: Cult of Dogs Gareth Branwyn

retro Retro tattooed mermaids made just like the Chalkware you used to know Rusty Blazenhoff

Engineering Massive cruise ship sliced in half to embiggen it David Pescovitz

ahoy Blackbeard's pirates liked to read novels Clive Thompson

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

dataviz View boats all over the world on Marine Traffic Popkin

parody Read the first 5 pages of Justice Warriors, Matt Bors' new Judge Dredd-esque sci-fi parody Thom Dunn

crime Food fight ensues at Walgreens between brazen thief and intervening shopper David Pescovitz

tech The reMarkable Tablet is moving to a subscription service model Séamus Bellamy

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

los angeles LA police union will not defend cop accused of sexual assault on a corpse Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Purism starts shipping its Librem 5 open/free phone Cory Doctorow

Business Bird Scooter reportedly lost $100m in three months, needs more capital to stay afloat Cory Doctorow

News Oreo maker Mondelez considers CBD-infused cookies and cannabis snacks Xeni Jardin

Science Laser "porch light" could be a beacon for ETs David Pescovitz

climate 30 years after cyberpunk, Japan is still the (greying, insular, shrinking, climate-wracked) future Cory Doctorow

Games Documentary about Polybius, the urban-legend arcade game Rob Beschizza

trenchermen Gentleman eats 203 Chips Ahoy cookies in 27 minutes Mark Frauenfelder

economics Crash ahoy! London real-estate prices stagnate Cory Doctorow

NSFW Dashcam: police chase almost ends in head-on collision Rob Beschizza