kentucky One of the poorest, most desperate regions in Appalachia is experiencing an economic miracle thanks to fiber run by a New Deal-era co-op Cory Doctorow

petard AOC is going to Kentucky Cory Doctorow

kentucky Perhaps the reason @RepAndyBarr rescinded his invitation for AOC to visit the coal mines in his district is that there are none? Cory Doctorow

aoc AOC is going to Appalachia to talk to coal miners Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Upright Women Wanted: be gay, do crimes, circulate books Cory Doctorow

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 In an age of disappearing prison libraries, jail profiteers provide "free" crapgadget tablets that charge prisoners by the minute to read Project Gutenberg ebooks Cory Doctorow

mistakes What to do about Japanese knotweed? Rob Beschizza

gop Republican lawmaker who dared AOC to come visit coal miners in his constituency gets scared, withdraws offer Cory Doctorow

Science Bread can be made from a gangrenous wound's bacteria Andrea James

music Enjoy some terrific bluegrass banjo from Steve Martin's band Andrea James

Science Skeleton Flower turns transparent in the rain David Pescovitz

video 'From the Ashes' examines coal's environmental devastation Andrea James

politics A right-wing Dem Senator who voted to sell weapons to Saudi is being primaried by an environmental activist Cory Doctorow

Compare cities with this attractive city-comparing tool Rob Beschizza

happy mutants These are some of the coolest corny nerd sidewalk chalk drawing signs we've ever seen Xeni Jardin

books How tragedies of the Great Depression influenced singer Woody Guthrie Wink

scholarship Let's teach programming as a tool for analyzing data to transform the world Cory Doctorow

pottery The geo-chemistry behind Rookwood pottery Ben Marks

crime How a romance-scam victim laundered $1.1M worth of other victims' money Cory Doctorow