utilities California utility monopoly with $2.47B profits has one simple trick to make more money (it's charging you more) Ellsworth Toohey

Balcony solar poised to take off in U.S. Rob Beschizza

ebikes CityQ, a four-wheeled midpoint between bike and car Clive Thompson

security Security researcher warns of power company customers' passwords being stored in the clear, software provider responds with lawyer-letter Cory Doctorow

new york Charter, ordered out of New York State, begs for its life Cory Doctorow

privacy GDPR: Don't forget to bring a towel! Sean O'Brien

facebook Thinking through the "What should we do about Facebook?" question Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Charlie Stross's CCC talk: the future of psychotic AIs can be read in today's sociopathic corporations Cory Doctorow

trumpism Ajit Pai just stacked the FCC's advisory panel with dingo babysitters from big telcoms Cory Doctorow

law Appeals court: FCC has jurisdiction to impose net neutrality on ISPs Cory Doctorow

books Read: Strategic Dog Patterning, a story from "Why I Hunt Flying Saucers" Hugh AD Spencer

california Which water technology will save California from its long, dry death? Kiki Sanford

fcc Marriott plans to block personal wifi hotspots Glenn Fleishman

futility closet The Man Who Mailed Frying Pans Futility Closet

cuisine The Rat King: On the Fascinations (and Revulsions) of Rattus Mark Dery