science fiction Mathieu Bablet's "Silent Jenny" explores what's left of us when the bees are gone Gareth Branwyn

politics YouTube to impose AI-powered age verification Grant St. Clair

fast food In China, you can visit McDonalds to eat and work out at the same time Popkin

COVID-19 Disney's phased reopening video made to sound dystopian Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Watch Serbia's president hold a weird virtual rally with supporters clapping on video stream Xeni Jardin

science fiction Sci-fi film timeline: Next stop Soylent Green! Gareth Branwyn

Business Molly Crabapple's dystopian take on The Great New York Stock Exchange Outage of July, 2015 Xeni Jardin

privacy Meta backs off tracking workers' keystrokes after they revolt Ellsworth Toohey

future New Subaru repeatedly prevents its owner from the joy of distracted driving Jason Weisberger

books An editor who read "Crash" called JG Ballard "beyond psychiatric help. Do not publish" Mark Frauenfelder

Comics Real Life Comix: 51 true NYC stories from 66 cartoonists (and Moby) Ellsworth Toohey

politics War profiteer Marc Andreessen brags about zero introspection Ellsworth Toohey

video games Total War is ready to bring the Warhammer 40k grim-dark Séamus Bellamy

kickstarter Two surreal sci-fi graphic novels from Scavengers Reign artist Jonathan Djob Nkondo launch on Kickstarter Gareth Branwyn

Best book ever Goodreads readers select "The Hunger Games" as best book ever Jason Weisberger

Technology Ring's CEO said lost-dog finder was always meant to be a human surveillance platform, says leaked email Ellsworth Toohey

politics Britain's Home Secretary wants AI so "the eyes of the state can be on you at all times" Rob Beschizza

Games Amazon wants to put you (yes, you) in a real-life Fallout vault Grant St. Clair

amazon Postal arbitrage: sending gifts through Amazon for less than a stamp Ellsworth Toohey