late stage capitalism A mere $112K will get you a Tiffany's advent calendar Rusty Blazenhoff

fashion Bulletproof thobes and abaya Cory Doctorow

1 percent Designer garden hoses, and other 'luxurious alternative garden appliances' Rusty Blazenhoff

surveillance Billionaire Cartier boss returns from fishing holiday gripped with terror that the poors are going to start building guillotines Cory Doctorow

picks A review of Starbucks' fancy $80 mug Rusty Blazenhoff

housewares A modern nixie tube clock of great ambition, regrettably IoTed Cory Doctorow

france Having burnished their reputations with extravagant promises, the billionaires who pledged €600m. to rebuild Notre Dame are missing in action Cory Doctorow

class war The Pinkertons' plan for climate change: a mercenary army that guards one-percenters as the seas rise Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The People's Republic of Walmart: how late-stage capitalism gives way to early-stage fully automated luxury communism Cory Doctorow

cable company fuckery Everybody hates their cable company, unless the company is Google, or the city, or a tiny mom-and-pop Cory Doctorow

publishing In-depth look at the Financial Times' weekly guide to ostentatious status goods for tasteless one-percenters Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Burberry torches £28.6m worth of unsold inventory to keep prices high Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Tiffany sold out of a ton of those laughable sterling silver "everyday objects" Cory Doctorow

Environment Feel-good story about the future of vertical farms Cory Doctorow

china China's elites appear to be exfiltrating billions while on holidays Cory Doctorow

politics Tumblr's shoplifting community is organized, politically conscious, and at war with weightlifters Cory Doctorow

loot Why we want luxury items Rob Beschizza

offworld Piracy gave me a future Daniel Starkey