usausausa $300,000,000,000+: 2017's American "natural disaster" bill was by far the highest in history Cory Doctorow

tech 2017's shittiest technology trends, news blurts, and stupidities Cory Doctorow

health An orifice-by-orifice census of the objects US emergency room doctors removed from their patients in 2017 Cory Doctorow

Funny Close out a thoroughly unfunny 2017 with a hilarious compendium of the year's best standup on Bullseye Cory Doctorow

History The arc of history is long, but how do we bend it? Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky's annual State of the World wrangle on The WELL Cory Doctorow

science fiction 2017: the medium-disastrous projection (as told by Charlie Stross) Cory Doctorow

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

russia Russia's airborne dicketry comes close to America's shores Seamus Bellamy

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

police A bunch of rookie cops have recently been fired for doing bad things. Let's think about that for a moment. Thom Dunn

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

law Tiktok took less than a day to settle parents' lawsuit over spying on their kids Cory Doctorow

youtube Horace Goes Copyright Striking Rob Beschizza

videos "OK Boomer" comes to the NZ Parliament and makes all the right people angry Cory Doctorow

music Raw Chicken song Rob Beschizza

fbi The FBI encouraged a white supremacist to bomb a synagogue Thom Dunn

elections Two years ago, Juli Briskman was fired for flipping off the Trump motorcade; now she's been elected as a Virginia county supervisor Cory Doctorow

climate change UK officials blame asthmatics for the carbon footprints of 180,000 cars Thom Dunn

nazis Leaked audio allegedly captures racist tirade by Nazi media darling Richard Spencer Rob Beschizza