picks WATCH: Metal Disintegration Machine vs. snapped-off tool part stuck in cast iron Rob Beschizza

micronations Sealand's caretakers Rob Beschizza

police brutality John Oliver on police brutality Rob Beschizza

DIY Seize your right to repair by learning a few basic skills Seamus Bellamy

Business Interoperability: Fix the internet, not the tech companies Cory Doctorow

apple DRM and terms-of-service have ended true ownership, turning us into "tenants of our own devices" Cory Doctorow

picks Father of Sandy Hook victim dead of an apparent suicide Gina Loukareas

Business Etsy sellers say their bank accounts were emptied in major billing snafu Gina Loukareas

education Millionaire dilettantes' "education reform" have failed, but teacher-driven, evidence-supported education works miracles Cory Doctorow

eu The EU could give every European the #RightToRepair, but lobbyists will kill it unless we take action! Ugo Vallauri

Business The Death of Tumblr Nate 'Igor' Smith

art This artist uses jigsaw puzzles, with the same die cut pattern, to make these terrific mashups Rusty Blazenhoff

psychedelic A handful of psychedelic "Atlantis" mushrooms in Amsterdam Jason Weisberger

Copyfight "Free is not fair" won't make authors richer, but fixing publishers' contracts will Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Repair Day: How "contempt of business model" cheats you out of the use of your property Cory Doctorow

Business A 17-year-old is leading Michigan's Right to Repair movement Cory Doctorow

design Today's technology thinks you suck Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Debugging AI is a "hard problem" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Molly Ringwald's brilliant essay about John Hughes is a superb exploration of what it means to love "problematic" art Cory Doctorow

happy mutants To save the Earth, stack humans in green cities and leave the wilderness for other animals Cory Doctorow