corruption Private equity firms should be abolished Cory Doctorow

News Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway lost $340 million to California couple's massive Ponzi con Mark Frauenfelder

Oakland Unreal footage of a guy falling on subway tracks and getting saved in the nick of time Rusty Blazenhoff

Entertainment Watch Tom Selleck as Indiana Jones David Pescovitz

futility closet In 1631, Barbary pirates abducted 107 people from an Irish village and forced them into a life of slavery Futility Closet

antitrust To help the news business, subject Big Tech to antitrust — but don't forget Big News's antitrust problem Cory Doctorow

books The National Security Sublime: On the Aesthetics of Government Secrecy Matthew Potolsky

there is a big snake in the plane jock Newly discovered behind-the-scenes footage from the filming of Raiders of the Lost Ark Jason Weisberger

late stage capitalism Financialization is wearing out its welcome Cory Doctorow

class war Exploring the ruins of a Toys R Us, discovering a trove of sensitive employee data Cory Doctorow

Backyard Blockbusters: a documentary about the amazing genre of fanfilms Cory Doctorow

Funny Brilliant movie goof Twitter account David Pescovitz

picks Two people were very disappointed with Hamilton Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Melt a Nazi with the Major Toht candle Cory Doctorow

crime Mladic the genocide: a moment of silence for the Balkans' lost lives, honor and credibility Jasmina Tesanovic

retro gaming Pretty much everything named ATARI fails Jason Weisberger

movies Watch "Raiders of the Lost Darth" David Pescovitz

politics Watch the President of Costa Rica swallow a wasp David Pescovitz

Funny 'Hefty fellow does amazing dive' meme, the 'Shooting Stars' remix Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Nimona: a YA graphic novel that raises serious, unanswerable moral quandries with snappy dialog and slapstick Cory Doctorow