fashion How jeans are distressed at the sweatshop Rob Beschizza

uk Villagers dig 15 miles of trenches in the name of faster Internet Seamus Bellamy

coronavirus Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy officially deemed "essential workers" by New Zealand Prime Minister Thom Dunn

robots AI, machine learning, and other frothy tech subjects remained overhyped in 2019 Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Debullshitifying the Right to Repair excuses Apple sent to Congress Cory Doctorow

china Leaked documents document China's plan for mass arrests and concentration-camp internment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow

security Zoom has slow-walked a fix for a bug that allows randos to take over your Mac's camera Cory Doctorow

class war Assessing Occupy's legacy Cory Doctorow

videos Short videos of skilled and playful workers performing their jobs with acrobatic flair Cory Doctorow

b-side White House tells furloughed workers to exchange manual labor for their rent Carla Sinclair

makers Make this scale model of the Dr. Nim digital game Mark Frauenfelder

art Filmmaker Wes Anderson co-curated a quirky art exhibition of oddball items in Vienna Rusty Blazenhoff

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

science fiction Original fan art celebrating Peter Tieryas' “Mecha Samurai Empire” Peter Tieryas

health Why were people thinner in the 1970s? Mark Frauenfelder

DIY This castle has been 20 years in the making–and it's not even finished yet Seamus Bellamy

Kids Watch these massive machines crush and drive cement pilings Andrea James

DIY A build-your-own casket kit Rusty Blazenhoff

DRONES Former military contractor found guilty of stealing U.S. Navy drone secrets Seamus Bellamy

Science Wildbook: facial recognition for critters in the wild Cory Doctorow