History The arc of history is long, but how do we bend it? Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky's annual State of the World wrangle on The WELL Cory Doctorow

Disney RIP Tyrus Wong, unsung Chinese-American Disney legend who had to lie to come to America and save his life Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Drive a nail through 2016 with Charlie "Black Mirror" Brooker's Screenwipe Cory Doctorow

Funny 90 minutes of the year's best standup comedy albums Cory Doctorow

obits George Michael, 1963-2016 Rob Beschizza

star wars Report: Carrie Fisher suffers heart attack Rob Beschizza

Business 2016 sucked so much, it made "Anger Rooms" where you pay to smash things go viral Cory Doctorow

Technology What happens when the machine keeping you alive dies on vacation Ellsworth Toohey

trump Apple's authoritarian-pleasing antics have alienated me Séamus Bellamy

politics Finland to move train track gauge to European standard Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures Leopard gets a baboon beatdown (video) Jason Weisberger

politics Hillary Clinton minces no words Jason Weisberger

donald trump Trump forced to endure merciless roasting as potential jurors mock him Yoy Luadha

angry gentlemen GOP congressman apologizes for telling MAGA colleague to "Go f*ck" himself on hot mic (video) Carla Sinclair

resurrections Donald Trump's daddy, Fred, is back from the grave to shame his "garbage" son in new ad (video) Carla Sinclair

gadgets Hemingwrite Traveler, the focus-writing e-ink device, gets a translucent "Ghost" case Rob Beschizza

Food Would you try this octopus chocolate chip cookie, or these chicken skin fried pickles? Jennifer Sandlin

climate change Smash Mouth wrote "All Star" to warn us about climate change & anti-intellectualism and we turned it into a meme Thom Dunn