language The Germans have a word for all your hard-to-process Trump emotions Cory Doctorow

class war German steelworkers demand the right to take two years' worth of "work-life balance" 28-hour work weeks to look after children or aging parents Cory Doctorow

surveillance German government giving up on digital reassembly of shredded Stasi files, resorting to manual puzzlings Cory Doctorow

Games German gamer angry Rob Beschizza

music In Uganda, a white German aid worker becomes an unlikely local pop star Xeni Jardin

politics Journalists around the world voice support for Netzpolitik after outrageous 'treason' investigation Trevor Timm

surveillance German Chancellor Angela Merkel's rep to meet with U.S. ambassador over NSA spying charges Xeni Jardin

History Aviation museums' "most wanted list" of cool aerospace artifacts lost to history David Pescovitz

Science Startling, beautiful, and weird close-up images of our Sun David Pescovitz

Science Did you leave your hamster DNA on a train? David Pescovitz