gold Surprise: making your own coins is a dangerous pain in the ass Séamus Bellamy

penny U.S. mints final penny today Rob Beschizza

AI Slopsquatting: nabbing nonexistent names AI chatbots likely to hallucinate Rob Beschizza

books The wonderful smell of old books Rob Beschizza

lost and found Nearly $300,000 in coins uncovered during kitchen renovation David Pescovitz

neoliberalism The dystopian roots of the concept of "Meritocracy" Thom Dunn

books New rare book catalogue features a Soviet Space Race picture book with backyard-built rocket Rebecca Romney

COVID-19 "Pandemic" is the Dictionary.com word of the year. Thom Dunn

big tech Cory Doctorow describes what's wrong about "Surveillance Capitalism" Mark Frauenfelder

Space US silver dollar coin design commemorating astronaut/schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe David Pescovitz

generators Portmanteau generator Rob Beschizza

language How to: make up swears Cory Doctorow

art Cool hand carved "hobo nickels" up for auction Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Hugo Gernsback's introduction to the first issue of Amazing Stories, 1926 Cory Doctorow

puzzles Can you solve Martin Gardner's "coin of the realm" puzzle? Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants The best piece about Donald Trump published this election cycle Cory Doctorow

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

eff Your cyberpunk games are dangerous Jon Peterson

health How to de-jargonify health info online Thomas Goetz