driving Florida driver caught by cops for using James Bond-style license plate Séamus Bellamy

mexico The promise of Mexico's Tren Maya has gone off the rails Séamus Bellamy

health COVID pandemic enters seventh year with no end in sight Séamus Bellamy

Trump administration Steve Bannon's tough guy act falls apart as bodyguards rescue him from savage mockery Ellsworth Toohey

hacks From license plate flippers to duct tape: how sneaky drivers are bypassing toll booths and costing millions Mark Frauenfelder

cars Fake toll plaza operates for over a year, scamming motorists out of millions David Pescovitz

accidents At least 100 dead after boat transporting wedding guests capsizes on river Niger Rob Beschizza

Disney Florida governor DeSantis's new revenge plan is to toll roads going into Disney World Rob Beschizza

cars Subreddit knows what's up with cars Elías Villoro

vehicles $1700 mini electric Jeep knockoff reviewed Rob Beschizza

Technology As gas tax revenues drop, states like Utah want EVs to pay for road upkeep Xeni Jardin

canada Canada's infrastructure was once cheap and effective to build. Now, it's a titanic transfer from taxpayers to the world's biggest businesses and investors Rosemary Frei

books The Myth of Capitalism: an ardent capitalist decries monopoly Cory Doctorow

Japan What it's like to drive in Japan Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets Vanuatu will use drones to deliver vaccines across its remote chain of tiny islands Cory Doctorow

trumpism Puerto Rico, abandoned by Trump and facing disaster capitalism looting by big business, turns to socialist and anarchist collectives to rebuild Cory Doctorow

travel Touring northern Colombia by car in the rainy season Maggie Tokuda-Hall

class war Before 1988 Olympics, South Korea sent 'vagrants' to camps where rape and murder were routine Cory Doctorow

Business Some ad-blockers are tracking you, shaking down publishers, and showing you ads Cory Doctorow