Copyfight Since 1998, using your own property has required regulatory permission and the ability to make your own jailbreaking tools from scratch Cory Doctorow

unicorns Unicork, a unicorn cockscrew Rob Beschizza

Weird Couple got engaged at Walmart hours after armed robbery stunt with 'ornamental sword', say police Xeni Jardin

new york city Photographer documents the beautiful, eccentric apartments of New York's historic Chelsea Hotel Gareth Branwyn

law Ohio State University loses its attempt to trademark the word "The" Rob Beschizza

AI Ever, an "unlimited photo storage app," secretly fed its users' photos to a face-recognition system pitched to military customers UPDATE Cory Doctorow

Copyfight The EU's plan to impose mandatory copyright filters is on life-support and may die Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Now EVERYBODY hates the new EU Copyright Directive Cory Doctorow

mistakes How the Grenfell fire spread Rob Beschizza

ink Popular tattoos 5,000 years ago were sheep Clive Thompson

Games Minimalist playing cards Rob Beschizza

security How landscape architects fight the last war while designing against mass shootings Cory Doctorow

happy mutants A machined, contemporary take on a netsuke/sagemono Cory Doctorow

emoji Emojis are like modern-day gargoyles to this Dutch architect Rusty Blazenhoff

videos Futuracha, a beautiful, ornamental typeface that magically adjusts as you type Cory Doctorow

corruption Microsoft's patent on a UI slider is EFF's Stupid Patent of the Month Cory Doctorow

books Kurt Vonnegut's 8 rules for writing with style David Pescovitz

anomie Chaos in England as ornamental wheelbarrow tipped over Rob Beschizza

blindness Dangerous plant that can make you go blind spotted in Michigan Mark Frauenfelder

illustrations 18th century book of satanic illustrations Rob Beschizza