human rights North Korean escapee makes heartfelt plea to Trump to hold Kim Jong-un accountable for his atrocities Rusty Blazenhoff
tabloids Unstoppable plague, Doomsday is here, and Cruel Meghan, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
christ what an asshole "The Tragedy of the Commons": how ecofascism was smuggled into mainstream thought Cory Doctorow
elections Elizabeth Warren calls for a zero-emissions military, serviced by zero-emissions contractors Cory Doctorow
futility closet The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora induced a climate crisis and changed world history Futility Closet
occult Touch Me Not, a surreal 18th century manual on how to raise the Devil, and then send him treasure hunting Gareth Branwyn
peak phosphorus The world is running out of phosphorus, which threatens global food supply Mark Frauenfelder
happy mutants Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Now with Extra Monsters): At Least One Monster Per Paragraph! This Is Our Guarantee! Marc Laidlaw
books New edition of The Book of Miracles, the 16th century's premier guide to the apocalypse Rob Beschizza
Business "Global Britain": the plan to turn post-Brexit Britain into the world's money-laundering arms-dealer Cory Doctorow
History Catastrophes are reliable levelers of inequality; inequality creates catastrophes Cory Doctorow
sociology Sapiens author says the uncoupling of intelligence and consciousness means the end of humanity Mark Frauenfelder
scholarship It's too late to do anything about sudden oak death, which has already killed 1,000,000 trees Cory Doctorow
