colonialism Puerto Ricans resist disaster capitalists and "Puertopians" in Hurricane Maria's wake Elías Villoro

happy mutants Rule of Capture: Inside the martial law tribunals that will come when climate deniers become climate looters and start rendering environmentalists for offshore torture Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Corporate America projects giant profits from climate disasters Cory Doctorow

Business San Francisco Uber driver distributing filter masks to passengers Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Puerto Rico didn't suffer a "natural disaster": it was looted and starved long before the hurricanes Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism North Carolina Verizon customers, trapped by Hurricane Florence, say they're being throttled and upsold Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Seasteading meets the shock doctrine in Puerto Rico, where ethnic cleansing precedes Going Galt Cory Doctorow

corruption Source tells WSJ that the FBI is investigating Whitefish Energy and its $300M Puerto Rico contract Cory Doctorow

corruption The 2-person Montana company Whitefish Energy just lost its $300M contract to fix Puerto Rico's grid Cory Doctorow

corruption Trump Cabinet Secretary's hometown, 2-person company wins $300m power-rebuilding contract in Puerto Rico Cory Doctorow

picks Puerto Rico's streets crawl with heavily armed, masked mercenaries bearing no insignia or nametags Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Equifax's dox of America: Sign up for "free" monitoring, get billed forever Cory Doctorow

nyc "Museum of the Revolution" documentary is a brutal monument to predatory capitalism Greg Nussen

music The Swedish rock album that came with a supplemental reading list Elías Villoro

gen x Gen X thought of the day: "We invented the playlist." Elías Villoro

Food Collectives and non-profits feed the hungry. Some people want to make it illegal. Elías Villoro

books How to read Donald Duck 50 years after the CIA fomented a coup in Chile on September 11, 1973 Elías Villoro

books The Red Deal calls for climate solutions beyond the scope of state action Elías Villoro

climate change Water futures are "going to be ugly" Elías Villoro