citibikes The pandemic is changing how cities think about bicycles, and it's about damn time Thom Dunn

ethan zuckerman One way to fix social media? Look at how the US, UK, and USSR dealt with radio in the early 20th-century Thom Dunn

infrastructure week again The small English town united by the world's largest hedgehog highway Thom Dunn

energy Rolling blackouts warning for 3 million California homes Xeni Jardin

grid overload California faces rolling blackouts again as 'heat storm' strains electrical grid Xeni Jardin

broadband Facebook working with China Mobile to bring undersea internet to Africa in $1 Billion deal Xeni Jardin

internet backbone Google and other tech giants want Hong Kong alternative after U.S. blocks undersea cable Xeni Jardin

escalators Mexico City escalator breakdowns blamed on pee-pee Xeni Jardin

fedex Amazon reinstates FedEx ground delivery for Prime after suspending it last month Xeni Jardin

better call a plumber The beauty of sewers before the first flush David Pescovitz

gouging Canada's infrastructure was once cheap and effective to build. Now, it's a titanic transfer from taxpayers to the world's biggest businesses and investors Rosemary Frei

power Power going out for Northern California again, thanks PG&E Xeni Jardin

urban design Watch: How traffic light programming helps manage congestion David Pescovitz

infrastructure A video series that explains how public infrastructure works Mark Frauenfelder

james bridle New Ways of Seeing: James Bridle's BBC radio show about networked digital tools in our "image-soaked culture" Cory Doctorow

minneosta not very nice Minnesota AG's report reveals big telcos are literally letting their infrastructure rot Cory Doctorow

ar Augmented reality software shows where pipes and other underground structures are Andrea James

tax robot owners Bernie Sanders' New Deal: ending involuntary unemployment with guaranteed $15/hour infrastructure jobs Cory Doctorow

embedded controllers Cryptojacking malware discovered running on critical infrastructure control systems Cory Doctorow

Down on St. Claude and Dumaire One quarter of New Orleans' catch-basins were clogged to uselessness with 93,000 lbs of plastic Mardi Gras beads Cory Doctorow