ireland Anti-corruption yellow vest protesters in Dublin's streets, protesting the 2008 bailout, Catholic church scandals, spiraling housing costs and no legal weed Cory Doctorow

gender Tavi Gevinson is folding up Rookie, after seven years: part mediapocalypse, part moving on Cory Doctorow

homelessness Duplicitous Catholic Bishop buys $2.3 million home with church funds after pleading for parishioners to help the homeless Seamus Bellamy

Gadgets Big Bang: the "stupid patent" on teledildonics has expired Cory Doctorow

writing Richard Kadrey talks about his latest book and what comes next after Sandman Slim Seamus Bellamy

Japan Japan's flood woes still have a long way to go Seamus Bellamy

Art and Design Artist David Henry Nobody Jr. on how impersonating a wealthy Trump fan "kind of drove me insane" Sarina Sinclair and Adam Gelbart

sexual harassment Notes from the #MeToo march: thoughts and prayers can't right what is wrong Maureen Herman

A book about my favorite graphic designers, House Industries Mark Frauenfelder

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

art The story of Traceroute, about a Leitnerd's quest Thomas Kaestle

politics Keep your scythe, the real green future is high-tech, democratic, and radical Cory Doctorow

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

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

fiction The Autobiography of Deanna Troi Boing Boing

Robogenesis: the terrifying sequel to Robopocalypse Daniel H Wilson

television Hannibal has serious daddy issues [s2e11] Theresa DeLucci