happy mutants All's Faire in Middle School, a wonderful graphic novel about misfits, middle school and the middle ages Cory Doctorow

class war Top tech grads are increasingly unwilling to work for Big Tech, viewing it as a new, unethical Wall Street Cory Doctorow

Business Despite 50 state AGs' antitrust investigations, Google stocks hit an all time high Cory Doctorow

elections This Thanksgiving, don't have a political argument, have a "structured organizing conversation" Cory Doctorow

events Crowdfunding a symposium on a green, postcapitalist economics in Brussels, Nov 11 Cory Doctorow

halloween So much great vintage Halloween stuff at my local flea market this month Rusty Blazenhoff

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

Food PETA billboard protests Renaissance faire's favorite fare David Pescovitz

Old school "IBM PC Compatible": how adversarial interoperability saved PCs from monopolization Cory Doctorow

law Countries with longer copyright terms have access to fewer books (pay attention, Canada!) Cory Doctorow

makers Thinking back on the special magic of Make: and Maker Faire Gareth Branwyn

politics Trump's pick to head DHS immigration, Ken Cuccinelli, praised anti-Muslim extremist Brigitte Gabriel Xeni Jardin

learning Kevin Kelly, Adam Savage, Norm Chan discuss continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and how tools open up possibilities Gareth Branwyn

Journalism Reporters who quote ums and ahs only make themselves look bad Rob Beschizza

makers Maker Faire: A “Bright Spot” for the Future Dale Dougherty

Copyfight Belgium: Say No To Article 13 and 11 Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Luxembourg: Save the Internet from the Copyright Directive Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Germans Can Help Save the Internet from the Copyright Directive! Cory Doctorow

makers Review of a cool Arduino-compatible prototyping platform: M5Stack Jane Frauenfelder

scholarship White Americans abandoned democracy and embraced authoritarianism when they realized brown people would soon outvote them Cory Doctorow