picks An overworked US postal worker shares what life is like delivering Amazon packages Rusty Blazenhoff

Old school In 1943, the chairman of the NY Fed backed Modern Monetary Theory: "Taxes for Revenue Are Obsolete" Cory Doctorow

elections Bernie Sanders will use a tax on Wall Street speculators to wipe out $1.6 trillion in US student debt Cory Doctorow

class war The Pinkertons' plan for climate change: a mercenary army that guards one-percenters as the seas rise Cory Doctorow

education The two hidden intellectual moves behind the "progressive" argument against free college Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Apple’s next iPhones and iPads: Triple camera, 3-D back camera for AR, new Face ID, iOS 13 Dark Mode, new cheap iPad Xeni Jardin

security Dark markets have evolved to use encrypted messengers and dead-drops Cory Doctorow

Business How Trump's tariff wall will punish small American businesses, kill US jobs, and benefit giant mulitnationals Cory Doctorow

health America is the world's first poor rich country Cory Doctorow

surveillance Billionaire Cartier boss returns from fishing holiday gripped with terror that the poors are going to start building guillotines Cory Doctorow

china In-depth investigation of the Alibaba-to-Instagram pipeline for scammy crapgadgets with excellent branding Cory Doctorow

crypto Bitmarks: using blockchain and human-readable keys to protect indie hardware businesses from fraud Cory Doctorow

DRONES Biodegradable single-use cardboard drones for remote deliveries Andrea James

nudging Sweden proposes tax breaks for repairing things, extra tax on unrepairable things Mark Frauenfelder

Business Free trade lowers prices — but not on things poor people need (and it pushes up housing prices) Cory Doctorow

books Urban Transport Without the Hot Air: confusing the issue with relevant facts! Cory Doctorow

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing