usausausa $300,000,000,000+: 2017's American "natural disaster" bill was by far the highest in history Cory Doctorow

tech 2017's shittiest technology trends, news blurts, and stupidities Cory Doctorow

health An orifice-by-orifice census of the objects US emergency room doctors removed from their patients in 2017 Cory Doctorow

Funny Close out a thoroughly unfunny 2017 with a hilarious compendium of the year's best standup on Bullseye Cory Doctorow

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

science fiction 2017: the medium-disastrous projection (as told by Charlie Stross) Cory Doctorow

artificial humans CEO of AI company describes an industry dangerously out of control Jason Weisberger

politics Look at the Assad family's boring-ass bunker Ellsworth Toohey

mistakes 21,000 laborers so far dead building NEOM, Saudi Arabia's futuristic city in the desert Rob Beschizza

gop American History X's neo-Nazi speech eerily mirrors modern GOP talking points Ellsworth Toohey

science fiction Jeff VanderMeer's "Absolution" is a dark mirror to the Southern Reach Trilogy Thom Dunn

elon musk Cards Against Humanity sues Elon Musk for $15 million Gail Sherman

News Beach bully cited by California Coastal Commission Jason Weisberger

commercials Fight for their rights! Beastie Boys sue Chili's Thom Dunn

google Google's AI-enhanced search suggests users add glue to their pizza and eat one small rock a day Natalie Dressed

News Securus Technologies loves charging exorbitant fees for families to talk to incarcerated loved ones Yoy Luadha

News How American singer-songwriter and record producer Maggie Rogers detoxed from the addictive drug of fame Yoy Luadha

florida 2-pound chunk of space station debris leaves a giant hole in Florida Man's home Thom Dunn

mistakes Vice lays off hundreds, will cease publishing at Vice.com Rob Beschizza