Comics Hardcover Book Binding by Hand, Cartoonist Kayfabe Ed Piskor

russia Look how cool these old Soviet calendars are Mark Frauenfelder

antifa Trump's tweets about Antifa show his ignorance of US law Thom Dunn

books Crafting a leather-bound 'spellbook' with traditional bookbinding techniques Xeni Jardin

fantasy Nerdforge binds a leather book with an electrified Witcher sigil on the cover Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants San Diego's Mysterious Galaxy bookstore is saved! Cory Doctorow

twitter Twitter wants to develop an open, decentralized, federated social media standard…and then join it Cory Doctorow

books Anthropodermic bibliopegy: the grotesque history of books bound in human skin Cory Doctorow

law European legal official OKs orders that force Facebook to globally remove insults to politicians like "oaf" and "fascist" (as well as synonyms) Cory Doctorow

Business Amazon told to stop selling kids' school supplies that contain over 80 times the legal limit of lead Xeni Jardin

eff The European Copyright Directive: What is it, and why has it drawn more controversy than any other Directive in EU history? Cory Doctorow

magicians Joshua Jay: Six Impossible Things is a different kind of magic show Ferdinando Buscema

health After promising health care execs that Medicare for All was dead, Pelosi's team plans toothless pharma deal Cory Doctorow

Business After #MeToo, whole industries have been blacklisted by insurers for sexual harassment liability coverage Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Medieval book opens six ways, revealing six different texts Cory Doctorow

book reviews Two new fun and gorgeous books by National Geographic Adam Gelbart

Business Companies keep losing your data because it doesn't cost them anything Cory Doctorow

books Rare centuries-old book with intricate unfolding plates Andrea James

occult Touch Me Not, a surreal 18th century manual on how to raise the Devil, and then send him treasure hunting Gareth Branwyn

facebook Facebook has repeatedly fired stalker employees, then covered it up Cory Doctorow