Barbie Barbie and Ken re-imagined as Soviet citizens living in Cold War USSR Gareth Branwyn

trains Gorgeous photos of Soviet subway stations Clive Thompson

books Book of brutalist archictecture postcards from the Soviet era David Pescovitz

politics Passport and Nobels Jasmina Tesanovic

anxiety A handy pamphlet for coping with extra-dimensional anxiety Thom Dunn

china Massive leak of Chinese government documents reveal the "no mercy" plan for Muslims in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism America today feels like the last days of the Soviet Union Cory Doctorow

Games The strange tale of Runescape's Communist republic Cory Doctorow

Dungeons & Dragons What's new in tabletop gaming (June edition) Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

books An excerpt from "Bullshit Jobs," David Graeber's forthcoming book about the rise of useless work Cory Doctorow

uk The UK is finally cracking down on its Russian money-laundry, but hasn't hired people to do the job Cory Doctorow

anthropogenics Intelligent engineering and planning brings (some) life back to the Aral Sea Clive Thompson

linguistics The war over apostrophes in Kazakhstan's new alphabet Clive Thompson

russia Scotland is still a financial secrecy exporter, laundering billions for Russia's crime-bosses and oligarchs Cory Doctorow

corruption Jeff Sessions wants to bring back long mandatory prison sentences for minor drug offenses Cory Doctorow

uk Brexit, Chicken and Ulysses Pacts: the negotiating theory behind the UK-EU stalemate Cory Doctorow

world government Arthur C. Clarke and his vision of world government Stephen Baxter

happy mutants Science fiction's Radium Age: prewar stories of postscarcity, peace and justice Cory Doctorow

Business What is neoliberalism? Cory Doctorow