economics Profile of Mariana Mazzucato, the economist who's swaying both left and right politicians with talk of "the entrepreneurial state" Cory Doctorow

education The two hidden intellectual moves behind the "progressive" argument against free college Cory Doctorow

class war Americans' happiness is correlated with spending on public goods Cory Doctorow

History Public goods are REALLY good: thousands of years later, the Roman roads are still paying dividends Cory Doctorow

precedents meant to be made Speaker Mike Johnson shamelessly frets about expelling George Santos (video) Carla Sinclair

art "Seven Magic Mountains" is a colorful "large scale desert artwork" outside of Las Vegas Jennifer Sandlin

social media British Museum shocked as its stolen artifacts are stolen from it Mark Frauenfelder

crime Rogue roofer smashes tiles then offers to repair them Rob Beschizza

climate change New Belgium Brewing tackles carbon emissions by ditching gas for electric heat-pump boilers Thom Dunn

late stage capitalism MSCHF's back, with a microscopic luxury handbag Jennifer Sandlin

art KAWS wins lawsuit against counterfeit operation Jennifer Sandlin

california The SCOTUS decision to let California demand the pork industry become slightly less cruel is pretty important Jason Weisberger

conspirituality How Tik Tok amplifies the consumerist fever dream of conspirituality Jennifer Sandlin

Kindness never goes unpunished San Francisco issues a $1402 fine for a Little Library Jason Weisberger

Republicans As if plain old lies weren't enough, George Santos about to face Brazilian fraud charges Carla Sinclair

social media Tik Tok clips bring us closer to Altered Carbon-style"mindbites" Andrew Yi

boredom The next time you are bored in a public place, play the "T-shirt game" Mark Frauenfelder

law Alex Norris, creator of Webcomic Name, battles company that claims to own it. Oh no! Rob Beschizza

the mountain goats The Mountain Goats' "Tallahassee" turns 20 Jennifer Sandlin

hypocrisy Nike makes money off progressive celebrities, then donates money to far-right candidates Jennifer Sandlin