france French street artist Bisk improves growing piles of Paris garbage by giving them a face Rusty Blazenhoff

paris Garbage piles up in Paris as collectors continue to strike Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Ron DeSantis tortured POWs, and Hollywood's worst celebrity neighbors, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

writing I've been writing a book for 25 years Séamus Bellamy

new york city A day in NY in the early 1980s through the eyes of musicians, artists, activists, filmmakers, and more Gareth Branwyn

Business Fool me twice: New York State commutes Charter's death sentence after Charter promises to stop breaking its promises Cory Doctorow

music THE BUREAU: Part Three, "Assessing Others" — with a Metasonix D-2000 Vacuum Tube Drum Machine Ethan Persoff

amazon The Guardian digs into the dangers of working for Amazon Séamus Bellamy

movies Review: High-Rise (2016) Rob Beschizza

trump Trump calls for 'ideological certification' of immigrants, and mass deportations—including Hillary Clinton Xeni Jardin

robot Americans destroy hitchhiking robot Jason Weisberger

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

lethem The Ecstasist: A Conversation with the Novelist Jonathan Lethem Mark Dery

cuisine The Rat King: On the Fascinations (and Revulsions) of Rattus Mark Dery