History Getting dressed in the 14th century was a pain in the ass Seamus Bellamy

gaming Civ VI's Gathering Storm expansion is now available on iOS Seamus Bellamy

monopolism Bill Gates: if we break up Big Tech, we'll just have more bad companies Cory Doctorow

History Medieval people bathed Cory Doctorow

social media Without social organizations, social technologies will eat us alive Marina Gorbis

economics Climate change will make beer much more expensive David Pescovitz

disillusionment Post-internet lament Jasmina Tesanovic

happy mutants Empire Games: Charlie Stross starts a new phase in the Merchant Princes series, blending spycraft, Leninist thought experiments, and parallel dimensions Cory Doctorow

politics Republican Steve King isn't hunting wabbits Rob Beschizza

Business How DRM and EULAs make us into "digital serfs" Cory Doctorow

politics Louise Linton's fashion tips for poors Rob Beschizza

science fiction In defense of left-wing space utopias Cory Doctorow

Business In China's once poverty-stricken villages, former peasants manufacture a single product for one retailer Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The amazing, endless battle between rural Eastern European partisan fighters, demons, mecha, and werewolves Cory Doctorow

Japan Tsujigiri: a ghastly samurai practice Mark Frauenfelder

sports Where Muhammad Ali's public persona came from Kembrew McLeod

politics Austerity Robin Hood: a billionaire who takes from "scroungers" and gives to "hardworking people" Cory Doctorow

Reviews Krampus trashes the horror potential of traditional mythology in a film that's neither funny nor scary Al Ridenour

corruption In Guatemala, a popular uprising may send a US-backed president to prison. It's about time. Xeni Jardin

Eat the Rude: Hannibal Lecter meets the 99% Mark Dery