economics Profile of Mariana Mazzucato, the economist who's swaying both left and right politicians with talk of "the entrepreneurial state" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Learning to See the Commons David Bollier and Silke Helfrich

AI DARPA's Spectrum Collaboration Challenge: finally some progress towards a "Cognitive Radio" future Cory Doctorow

History When you think of freedom, remember the Charter of the Forest, not the Magna Carta Cory Doctorow

Science Our public health data is being ingested into Silicon Valley's gaping, proprietary maw Cory Doctorow

fcc Marriott plans to block personal wifi hotspots Glenn Fleishman

fraud Hospitals illegally refusing to provide itemized bills Rob Beschizza

History Documentary about automata, the mechanical "robots" of the past Rob Beschizza

art Vintage hand-colored photo of a serious man holding a giant fish Popkin

Games Microsoft now owns Infocom and its interaction fiction classics Rob Beschizza

education Are teens too distracted by their phones during the school day? Ruben Bolling

crime Target opening 9 new stores in New York City and dozens nationwide Rob Beschizza

weather Astonishing video of lightning bolts jetting upwards into the sky before hurricane David Pescovitz

sports Contest for the world's most grotesque face returns at long last! (video) David Pescovitz

music Listen to Dolly Parton joined by the surviving Beatles for a cover of "Let It Be" David Pescovitz

Science Scientists find that healthcare workers who pick their noses were more likely to develop COVID-19 than those who refrained Jennifer Sandlin

art Connor Griffith made an incredible video using images from Wikimedia Commons Popkin

Science Inosculation is how two separate trees merge Popkin

law Wikipedia updates its Creative Commons license Rob Beschizza