2017 sucks Latency: why typing on old computers just feels better Rob Beschizza

Gadgets The Moskiller can eradicate mosquitoes from your backyard without any chemicals Boing Boing's Shop

distraction-free writing I found the perfect distraction-free writing device Seamus Bellamy

science fiction Revisiting Jonathan Coulton's album/graphic novel "Solid State" Cory Doctorow

mistakes New Dropbox uses half a gig of RAM and "sucks" Rob Beschizza

corruption Payday lenders switched their trade show to a Trump hotel and sent Trump at least a million bucks, then he gave them carte blanche to make billions preying on poor people Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism The weird grift of "sovereign citizens": where UFOlogy meets antisemitism by way of Cliven Bundy and cat-breeding Cory Doctorow

trumpism Blockbuster Gizmodo investigation reveals probable masterminds of the massive anti-Net Neutrality identity theft/astroturf campaign Cory Doctorow

Business Redaction ineptitude reveals Facebook's 2012 plan to sell Graph API access to user data for $250,000 Cory Doctorow

Cesar Sayoc Video of mail bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc at Trump rally just released by Michael Moore Carla Sinclair

class war Unpacking the US's "low unemployment": stagnant wages, bad jobs, high incarceration, discouraged workers back in school Cory Doctorow

usausausa "Like Lord of the Flies": working at the TSA really sucks Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Cloud computing and DRM: a match made in hell Cory Doctorow

corruption Cornered FCC admits that its website was never hacked Cory Doctorow

corruption Betsy DeVos's summer monstrosity is pure McMansion Hell Cory Doctorow

work Ghosting is now happening at the workplace too Rusty Blazenhoff

travel Worst upgrade ever: there are bed bugs on airplanes now. Seamus Bellamy

class war GDP vs human thriving: a "healthy" economy means debt-haunted people, desperately searching for housing Cory Doctorow

class war Student debt crisis watch: pay $18,000 of your $24,000 loan, owe $24,000 Cory Doctorow

uk If this goes on… The 1% will own two thirds of the world by 2030 Cory Doctorow