1990s This animation is about a man whose wife is a hen, but with some human features and abilities Mark Frauenfelder

politics Cassian Andor was inspired by Joseph Stalin Rob Beschizza

california California is home to five micronations Jason Weisberger

politics Condoms blow up in Trump's face, Elon's space rescue, and other stupid things Jason Weisberger

politics Colorado GOP scared of reporter Jason Weisberger

gay Estonia the first ex-Soviet state to legalize gay marriage Rob Beschizza

McCarthyism 2.0 Watch toxic Sen. John Kennedy play dumb as he insinuates Soviet-born Biden pick is communist Carla Sinclair

britain How British Intelligence manufactured a Satanic Panic in Northern Ireland Thom Dunn

documentaries Short documentary about Kharkovchanka, huge Antarctic off-road vehicles made by the Soviets Rob Beschizza

Spoken Word with Electronics For triggers, gates, clocks, and sociopaths alike, "Master/Slave" faces retirement Ethan Persoff

oligarchy What the late, great James Connolly got right about socialism and oligarchies Thom Dunn

cool Ice fishing in Kazakhstan is the wholesome content we need right now Xeni Jardin

politics Trump says something stupid: 'They shouldn't be having public hearings' Xeni Jardin

censorship After banning working cryptography and raiding whistleblowers, Australia's spies ban speakers from national infosec conference Cory Doctorow

elections Clown Car 2.0: Matt Taibbi on the Democratic nomination race Cory Doctorow

yes they're concentration camps On the history of concentration camps, and what Trump's doing on the border Xeni Jardin

usausausa Americans are too poor to survive whether or not they're working Cory Doctorow

Games The strange tale of Runescape's Communist republic Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The People's Republic of Walmart: how late-stage capitalism gives way to early-stage fully automated luxury communism Cory Doctorow

News Maria Butina plea hearing set for Thursday, her spy boss Torshin missing, Putin unhappy Xeni Jardin