music Soviet Vocal-Instrumental Ensembles: the lost, terrible pop of the USSR Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Republic of Lies: the rise of conspiratorial thinking and the actual conspiracies that fuel it Cory Doctorow

health One company bought all the retail outlets for glasses, used that to force sales of all the eyewear companies and jacked up prices by as much as 1000% Cory Doctorow

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

Democrats Progressive Democrats in rural red districts are getting funded by lefty Silicon Valley techies Cory Doctorow

History Ayn Rand supercharged the anti-Communist witch-hunt in Hollywood, in which the FBI classified "It's a Wonderful Life" as secret Communist propaganda Cory Doctorow

class war Leaks: Mercenaries targeted Standing Rock water protectors with anti-terrorist tactics Cory Doctorow

politics In America, "proximity and shared values" is all it takes to turn protesters into felons Cory Doctorow

politics 370 economists sign letter slamming Trump for 'magical thinking and conspiracy theories' Xeni Jardin

copyright Hakim, the Masked Gamer of Minneapolis Rob Beschizza

How remote controls program us Cætlin Benson-Allott

Prog rock: the sound of history's future Peter Bebergal

Science A hole in the ground: Storing carbon dioxide thousands of feet below Illinois Maggie Koerth