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happy mutants 3D printed railroad engine model kits made from insanely hi-rez scans Cory Doctorow

History Public cemeteries as a precondition for the sale of land John Struan
Business Structural Separation: antitrust's tried-and-true weapon for monopolists who bottleneck markets Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Watch a rusted flea-market lamp get lovingly restored Rob Beschizza
Business GE dumps century-old railroad division on Wabtec, almost 2,000 factory workers strike Xeni Jardin
Business Privatized energy utilities are burning down their states, but antitrust can make them stop Cory Doctorow
illinois Hereditary ultraestablishment Democrat Dan Lipinski funded by railroad industry, whose safety regs he has held at bay Cory Doctorow
india Who may swim in the ocean of knowledge? Carl Malamud
the eyes have it An "international eye chart" from 1907 Clive Thompson
uk Right-wing thinktank polls UK, find vast majority favour Labour's policies Cory Doctorow
design Vintage isochrone maps show 19th-century travel times Andrea James
Space Idaho's massive checkerboard forest seen from the Space Station David Pescovitz
Copyfight Researchers discover hundreds of thousands of unsuspected, Star Wars-themed twitterbots hiding in plain sight Cory Doctorow
Health Care The current state of American healthcare Matthew B.J. Delaney
crafts Insanely detailed model tree made of wire Andrea James
books How about we fix America by just turning Oklahoma into a giant lake? Sean Bonner
picks All aboard the railroad at Tokyo Disneyland! Richard Kaufman
Why we need a new operating system for work David Pescovitz
books The Paradox: a secret history of magical London worthy of Tim Powers Cory Doctorow
Science What's in the Pope's barn-storming environmental message? Cory Doctorow