UCLA RIP Donald Shoup: parking reform visionary who changed cities Ellsworth Toohey

travel Norway's free uphill bicycle lift looks like so much fun to use Popkin

DRONES Autonomous boats in some cities could transport people, shuttle goods, and self-assemble into structures David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets This city-friendly eBike is only $930 for Labor Day Boing Boing's Shop

tabloids Queen "skin & bones" and Michelle Obama "running for President" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

biology New study reveals that domesticated horses may have originally come from Russia Thom Dunn

music Iggy Pop is now the pitchman for Unagi Scooters David Pescovitz

transportation General Motors' new "air taxi" design is basically a one-person flying car Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets Check out these 9 land and sea scooters that'll boost your summer fun quotient Boing Boing's Shop

Business Uber projected $8b in losses for 2019, but it just booked $5.2b in losses in a single quarter Cory Doctorow

bikes Rise of the Surveillance Scooters? Albert Fox Cahn

happy mutants America's Fiber Future: Susan Crawford on how America's wired future is slipping away Cory Doctorow

education US tax shortfalls have our public schools begging for donations Cory Doctorow

streets Why we should get rid of jaywalking laws Clive Thompson

Electrify your friends Be a dapper zapper with the ZapCane Jason Weisberger

Science Yes, humans are capable of creating a happy and successful liberal society: The Netherlands Maureen Herman

picks Figuring out what to do with Trump's base means admitting they are racist Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets To hell with the Trolley Problem: here's a much more interesting list of self-driving car weirdnesses Cory Doctorow