America Homeowners lose bid to privatize road near Walden Pond, public since before U.S. founding Thom Dunn

language Brain Rot is Oxford's word of the year Rob Beschizza

Comic Books "The Super Hero's Journey" is a gorgeous graphic celebration of Marvel Comics Thom Dunn

climate crisis 150,000 nature illustrations from around the world enter the public domain thanks to the the Biodiversity Heritage Library Gareth Branwyn

futility closet Richard Proenneke lived alone for 30 years in the Alaskan wilderness in a cabin he built himself Futility Closet

News New Mexico Greyhound Bus Crash: Multiple deaths, serious injuries. 49 were on board. Xeni Jardin

disillusionment Post-internet lament Jasmina Tesanovic

books You are Henry David Thoreau in the Walden simulator video game Cory Doctorow

Technology What does it mean to be human in an age of machines? Institute for the Future

books Kim Stanley Robinson's "Aurora": space is bigger than you think Cory Doctorow

art You have 99 seconds to make art Laura Hudson

There's No Getting Off (The Grid) Reanna Alder

books Digital tools have a mind of their own: yours Clive Thompson