amazon Amazon killed Seattle's homelessness-relief tax by threatening not to move into a massive new building, then they canceled the move anyway Cory Doctorow

corruption Public records requests reveal the elaborate shell-company secrecy that Google uses when seeking subsidies for data-centers Cory Doctorow

politics Maybe Amazon HQ2 won't happen in New York after all? Xeni Jardin

Business New York's corporate welfare for Amazon enrages the Koch Brothers, Bernie Sanders, Tucker Carlson, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, etc… Cory Doctorow

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

magazines Reasonably Sized Homes magazine should exist Rob Beschizza

design How The Whole Earth Catalog influenced Japanese magazine design Mark Frauenfelder

footage Singing "Happy Birthday" but only including the word "birthday" Rob Beschizza

tech The reMarkable Tablet is moving to a subscription service model Séamus Bellamy

art This book of David Lynch's paintings and drawings is full of endless inspiration Popkin

amazon Amazon's new headquarters look like sh*t Mark Frauenfelder

interviews An interview with legendary bass player Carol Kaye Gareth Branwyn

Entertainment Funny 'Game of Thrones' premiere recap [S8 E1] Xeni Jardin

Business Amazon drops New York HQ2 plans after organized resistance Xeni Jardin

music THE BUREAU: Part Ten, "Your Death" — with a Turing Machine, Bouncing Ball Envelope, and Other Randomized Voltage Ethan Persoff

eu EU antitrust enforcers investigate Amazon's predatory private-label products Cory Doctorow

Business #AmazonHQ2: Amazon to open New York and Northern Virginia headquarters, plus new Nashville operations center Xeni Jardin

Minnesota There are snowballs for sale in this vending machine Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Chicago offers to give Amazon the taxes that Amazon's workers pay Rob Beschizza