graeber Quantifying the massive premium paid to people who work in "bullshit jobs" Cory Doctorow

gadgets Los Angeles may ban unrecyclable printer ink cartridges Rob Beschizza

military SXSW quietly drops US Army sponsorship Thom Dunn

wealth inequality Private jets make up nearly 20% of US flights but only pay for 2% of FAA funding Thom Dunn

fungus Whiskey fungus is a real-life Lovecraftian nightmare, only drunker Thom Dunn

trains Norfolk Southern gave $5 to Ohio East Palestinians affected by toxic train explosion Thom Dunn

the muskatonic institute of feigned brilliance Paul Krugman explains why Tesla is like Bitcoin Jason Weisberger

crypto This NFT of a destroyed diamond is the perfect microcosm for all NFTs Thom Dunn

recycling The US exports its plastic waste. But now other countries are rejecting it. Thom Dunn

usps They're never going to get rid of the Postal Service because then who would deliver the scorpions? Thom Dunn

Business Uber projected $8b in losses for 2019, but it just booked $5.2b in losses in a single quarter Cory Doctorow

security Survey of the 2019 security landscape reveals some surprising bright spots Cory Doctorow

Business "Owning your data" will not save you from data capitalism Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Capitalism torched the world, fascism rose from the ashes Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Elizabeth Warren wants to save capitalism from itself Cory Doctorow

computer science A hard look at the wastefulness of "proof of work," the idea at the core of the blockchain Cory Doctorow

california Waze has turned the nearly undriveable, fifth-steepest hill in America into a disaster-strewn major thoroughfare Cory Doctorow

scholarship GPS routing increases city throughput by shifting traffic jams onto residential streets Cory Doctorow

first days of a better nation No one's coming – it's up to us: it's past time for technologists to be responsible to society Dan Hon

uk Surge-taxing Uber as a way relieve urban congestion Cory Doctorow