robots What a 19th-century rebellion against automation can teach us about the coming war in the job market Mark Frauenfelder

automotive Silicon Valley is raiding tech academia: “Uber would like to buy your Robotics Department” Xeni Jardin

privacy "Edge AI": encapsulating machine learning classifiers in lightweight, energy-efficient, airgapped chips Cory Doctorow

books Boing Boing's 28 favorite books in 2019 Rob Beschizza

b-side This website generates a new RPG dungeon every time you refresh the page Mark Frauenfelder

Technology I talk about punch cards, AI and "CODERS" with Joel Spolsky Clive Thompson

the writing life Pencil recommendation: ForestChoice #2 graphite Clive Thompson

view source The "One HTML Page Challenge", a great example of view-source culture Clive Thompson

floss Platform cooperativism (or, how to turn gig-economy jobs into $22.25/hour jobs) Cory Doctorow

climate Peak Indifference: are we reaching climate's denial/nihilism tipping point? Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism The promise and peril of "sonification": giving feedback through sound Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Electrification 2.0: Rural broadband co-ops are filling the void left by indifferent monopolists Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Common sense: the Chomsky/Piaget debates come to AI Cory Doctorow

happy mutants History's most productive geniuses goofed off like crazy Cory Doctorow

Winter is coming Scientists model the climate in Game of Thrones Clive Thompson

video games Humanity – a game in progress where mobs of people fall and are crushed Mark Frauenfelder

Science New York's rat population has genetically diverged into "uptown" and "downtown" subpopulation Cory Doctorow

pranks After 20 years, no one knows how a pumpkin got impaled on Cornell's 173-foot spire Mark Frauenfelder