physics Toto's no good very bad encounter with gravity Séamus Bellamy

canada Uber drivers in Toronto unionizing to take on The Man Séamus Bellamy

amazon The Guardian digs into the dangers of working for Amazon Séamus Bellamy

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city negligence Houston man stands in 3-feet-deep hole in the road to get city's attention — and it works Carla Sinclair

prison labor Arizona makes millions selling imprisoned and unpaid laborers to companies Jennifer Sandlin

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tabletop games What's new in tabletop gaming (Indie edition) Gareth Branwyn

trump Why CBP won't accept supplies for separated children in migrant detention camps Xeni Jardin

class war India's e-waste recycling "markets" are toxic nightmares filled with child laborers Cory Doctorow

religion LA's teachers are ready to strike on Tuesday, rejecting privatization of public education Cory Doctorow

privacy Electric vehicle makers serving up customer location data to China on a silver platter Séamus Bellamy

Business Amazon's NYC digs being built on land that would have been used for low-income housing Séamus Bellamy

class war Kenyans from "the toughest neighborhood on earth" trace pixels all day to train autonomous vehicles Cory Doctorow

science fiction Charlie Stross on the "soft genocide" of eugenics-tainted, alt-right climate dystopia Cory Doctorow

trumpism CBD is a non-psychoactive compound in marijuana that shows promise in epilepsy and pain therapy, so the DEA wants to class it with heroin Cory Doctorow