flood 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

HSI 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

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

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

strugatsky Another Strugatsky masterpiece: The Inhabited Island Jason Weisberger

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

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

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

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

party's over Chinese officials unamused by this cake building Andrea James

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

universities Random University Administration Job Title Generator Rob Beschizza

bureacracy How to win a battle against bureaucracy Mark Frauenfelder

i love to stamp things Sign, seal, and deliver mind-numbing form letters in this fun game Leigh Alexander