marijuana Massachusetts racks up $2.2 million in marijuana sales in 5 days Gina Loukareas

offworld This gamification 'documentary' is a work of art Leigh Alexander

bookstores An anarchist community bookstore had the best response to getting robbed Thom Dunn

security Learning from Baltimore's disaster, Florida city will pay criminals $600,000 to get free of ransomware attack Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Buried in Uber's IPO, an aggressive plan to destroy all public transit Cory Doctorow

trump Ten years of Trump tax info obtained by NYT shows he was 'The Biggest Loser' Xeni Jardin

canada My Life on the Road: Headed for Texas, crazy cold in Claresholm Seamus Bellamy

fake news Michael Jackson is alive, Elvis is haunting Wayne Newton, and Sean Hannity’s secrets are revealed, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

events Tonight (11/6/2017) in LA: Cartoonist Tom Gauld in conversation with Mark Frauenfelder Mark Frauenfelder

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

class war Lazyweb: build me the Augmented Reality social proof to make charitable giving more effective? Cory Doctorow

privacy A madman has been given the keys to the surveillance state Cory Doctorow

trump Trump closes out campaign with inspiring, poignant message of hate for Jews Rob Beschizza

finance Europe's banks want to store billions in cash to fight back against negative interest Cory Doctorow

finance Banks confront negative interest rates with plans to store titanic bundles of money on-site Cory Doctorow

books Read: Strategic Dog Patterning, a story from "Why I Hunt Flying Saucers" Hugh AD Spencer

panama papers It's the criminal economy, stupid! Kathi Vian and Mark Frauenfelder

Science Ditch your overpriced Sodastream canisters in favor of refillable CO2 tanks Cory Doctorow

class war Predatory lenders trick Google into serving ads to desperate, broke searchers Cory Doctorow

cuba A brief visit to Cuba Lars Forseti