san francisco San Francisco is spending $1.7 million to build a single public toilet Mark Frauenfelder

india Man overcharged 25 cents for a train ticket in India gets refund after 22-year fight in court Mark Frauenfelder

bureaucracy Man in 4-day standoff with Amazon delivery van that won't leave his property Carla Sinclair

china Why the hell is this street sprinkler truck in China spraying water in flooded street? Mark Frauenfelder

bureaucracy Good samaritan who sprayed park trees to help them heal from dog bites was fined $225 Carla Sinclair

encryption Signal's response to Homeland Security's grand jury subpoena for user data is basically "You get nothing. You lose. Good day, sir" Mark Frauenfelder

bureaucracy San Francisco native Jason Yu spent $200,000 trying to open an ice cream shop, but the city's bureaucracy beat him Mark Frauenfelder

apple Apple locked this guy out of his iCloud, App Store, and Apple ID accounts Mark Frauenfelder

dystopia Another Strugatsky masterpiece: The Inhabited Island Jason Weisberger

bureaucracy A stunning amount of red tape is keeping detainee families from reuniting Séamus Bellamy

News City claims building park stairs too pricey, later tears out free stairs built by a resident Andrea James

india A club for people whose relatives had them​ declared dead in order to steal their land Cory Doctorow

california California just launched a "Digital Service" based on the amazing UK Government Digital Service Cory Doctorow

cake Chinese officials unamused by this cake building Andrea James

Business Bloated U.S. management costs over $3 trillion annually Andrea James

jobs Random University Administration Job Title Generator Rob Beschizza

bureaucracy How to win a battle against bureaucracy Mark Frauenfelder

offworld Sign, seal, and deliver mind-numbing form letters in this fun game Leigh Alexander