Ben & Jerry's There is an ice cream-fueled shadow economy near Ben & Jerry's headquarters in Vermont Andrew Yi

china China's looming luxury housing projects attracting younger people looking for budget living Rob Beschizza

art Paint your hands, grab some googly eyes, and make magic like Mario Mariotti Jennifer Sandlin

politics Inflation rate rose sharply in January Rob Beschizza

Comic Books Review: "Boys Weekend" is like a queer "Cabin in the Woods" for the CryptoBro era Thom Dunn

music The Swedish rock album that came with a supplemental reading list Elías Villoro

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Netflix Finland makes taxes fun with a Netflix-style website Annie Rauwerda

tiktok The Pandora Papers…. as a Wes Anderson film Annie Rauwerda

covid British Prime Minister said "let the bodies pile high in the thousands" to save economy as Covid pandemic spread. And they did. Rob Beschizza

Business O'Reilly Media shutters its conference business forever David Pescovitz

late stage capitalism Manhattan: a city of empty luxury condos and overflowing homeless shelters Cory Doctorow

corruption Private equity firms should be abolished Cory Doctorow

privacy Interoperability and Privacy: Squaring the Circle Cory Doctorow

Business Why is GrubHub buying thousands of urls similar to restaurant names, and launching 'shadow sites'? Xeni Jardin

corruption Nobel-winning economist Joe Stiglitz calls neoliberalism "a failed ideology" and sketches out a "progressive capitalism" to replace it Cory Doctorow

Business Signs that China's real-estate bubble will burst and take the economy with it Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Jamie Dimon is getting fed up with the protesters who "occupy" him everywhere he goes Cory Doctorow

politics Sheryl Sandberg ordered Facebook staff to investigate George Soros after he gave THIS speech (READ IT) Xeni Jardin

facebook The emerging split in modern trustbusting: Alexander Hamilton's Fully Automated Luxury Communism vs Thomas Jefferson's Redecentralization Cory Doctorow