gambling I've played the Powerball simulator for 1,092 years and have lost 91% of my money Mark Frauenfelder

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

Business In 2008 "synthetic CDOs" destroyed the global economy, and now they're back Cory Doctorow

education US tax shortfalls have our public schools begging for donations Cory Doctorow

books The Fifth Risk: Michael Lewis explains how the "deep state" is just nerds versus grifters Cory Doctorow

Funny Let's build a robot to kill the creator of "I am not a robot" CAPTCHA image grids Andrea James

corruption For 40 years, American Conservatives have filed down the definition of "corruption," turning the Framers' spear into a blunt stub Cory Doctorow

health Big data + private health insurance = game over Cory Doctorow

Business Plagiarism detection app vs Russia's elites: 1-2 fake PhDs discovered every day Cory Doctorow

obama President Obama's final State of the Union address Xeni Jardin

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

guily pleasures Let's put the guilt back in guilty pleasures Mark Dery

Self-Dissection: a conversation with satirical English author Will Self Mark Dery

President Obama's tech-centered State of the Union: full text, and digital rights concerns Xeni Jardin

Review: Kommissar, the cold war board game Deanna Dahlsad

happy mutants Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century Cory Doctorow

books The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets Simon Singh