sanitation Did the Brontës all die young from inadvertently drinking graveyard-contaminated water? Gareth Branwyn

pandemic Modern bathroom design is a direct response to pandemic planning Thom Dunn

san francisco San Francisco spends $3.1m/year on homeless toilets and $65m/year cleaning up poop Cory Doctorow

beds Human beds have much more saliva and fecal bacteria than chimp beds Carla Sinclair

late stage capitalism There's an 820-foot-long fatberg clogging an east London sewer Cory Doctorow

politics The peculiar struggle to make parts of India "Open Defecation Free" Cory Doctorow

video Cityscapes created inside toilet paper rolls Andrea James

He has health problems NY sees its first case of Polio in almost a decade, officials fear it has spread Jason Weisberger

out of sight out of mind If you live in an old house, your bathroom wall might be full of razor blades Popkin

urban planning Freeing everyone from The Matrix would be a logistical disaster Thom Dunn

Trivia Fun facts about fun facts Annie Rauwerda

disease Woman thought she had COVID-19 but it was really typhus caught from a dead rat David Pescovitz

homelessness The Venice Beach boardwalk is pretty much clear of homeless encampments Jason Weisberger

Technology Here is a brief history of toilets David Pescovitz

Environment What happens to the trash in New York City? Rob Beschizza

Business California Attorney General Xavier Becerra urges court to force Amazon to comply with coronavirus labor probe Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Wear your mask in the bathroom so you don't get coronavirus from poop Thom Dunn

coronavirus Police sting operation busts an "illegal" nail salon Thom Dunn