uk No Deal Brexit will lead to "putrefying stockpiles of rubbish" and "slurry" Cory Doctorow

climate change The first large-scale carbon capture facility is now online. But will it make a difference? Thom Dunn

caitlin Reilly Watch Caitlin Reilly's hilarious take on "the climactic scene in every award-winning drama" Mark Frauenfelder

Old school On "Fraidycat", and the pleasures of non-algorithmic tools for following stuff online Clive Thompson

music Watch: Perfect impression of the archetypal social media "singer" with that strange, slurry, wannabe pop star voice David Pescovitz

AI Google AI helps you write a poem in the style of famous poets of the past Clive Thompson

politics Trump praises 'America's frownders' Xeni Jardin

elections A vast network of shadowy news sites promote conservative talking points mixed with floods of algorithmically generated "news" Cory Doctorow

tea How much more black can Barry's Gold Blend be? Jason Weisberger

Science Engineers developed a mathematical model of Ooblek David Pescovitz

view source The "One HTML Page Challenge", a great example of view-source culture Clive Thompson

books "The Grand Dark": Kadrey's latest is a noir, dieselpunk masterpiece that's timely as hell Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The Bleeding Edge: a terrifying, enraging look at the corrupt, deadly world of medical implants Cory Doctorow

corruption Betsy DeVos's summer monstrosity is pure McMansion Hell Cory Doctorow

vids Why Youtube's algorithms push extreme content on every possible subject Clive Thompson

visual culture "The Kid Should See This" is an antidote to idiotic kid-meme Youtube Clive Thompson

books Sourdough: a delicious story about nerdism and the flesh, by Robin "Mr Penumbra" Sloan Cory Doctorow

Food Popeyes coats fried chicken in cookie-crumbs, serves with jam Cory Doctorow

Delightful Creatures Seven things you didn't know about vultures Chuck Wendig

funerals Have your body turned into effluent and just poured down the drain when you die Rob Beschizza