b-side Adam Savage is still optimizing the duck army Rob Beschizza

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

shithole presidency Senator Tammy Duckworth, a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, says she won't clap for "Cadet Bone Spurs" Mark Frauenfelder

class war Blackwater founder and DeVos war-criminal sibling Trump should install merc-backed viceroy in Afghanistan Cory Doctorow

censorship Quackspeak ascendant: China's subject-changing astroturfers rule the Chinese internet Cory Doctorow

military Dr. Seuss, Chuck Jones, and Mel Blanc's US Army cartoon warning against loose lips (1943) David Pescovitz

racism Incumbent GOP senator Mark Kirk turns to racism Jason Weisberger

uk Happy Chilcot Day (A Fairy Story) Charlie Fletcher

duckarmy Duck Army bomb Rob Beschizza

army Taylor Swift's Duck Army Heather Johanssen

duck Duck army in reverse Heather Johanssen

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

science fiction A future dictator's guide to disrupting protests Tom Craver

Robogenesis: the terrifying sequel to Robopocalypse Daniel H Wilson

The Day My Grandfather Groucho and I Saved ‘You Bet Your Life’ Andy Marx