Italian food Italian food from Trader Joe's Disappoints Italians, as you'd expect Seamus Bellamy

cats Advent calendars for cats coming to Trader Joe's Rusty Blazenhoff

useful stuff Grandpa Witmer's Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Mixer Mark Frauenfelder

useful stuff Photos and videos of bugs and stuff with my USB microscope Mark Frauenfelder

physics Incredible no-glue toilet paper roll model of buckminsterfullerene David Pescovitz

meat Smoking tri-tip on a bullet smoker Jason Weisberger

hail eris It feels like this GSI 30oz french press saves my life every morning Jason Weisberger

surveillance capitalism Stop & Shop strike convinces 75% of loyal customers to take business elsewhere Cory Doctorow

sourdough Culturing butter at home to enjoy with sourdough made with freshly milled wheat Jason Weisberger

sourdough Baking with a small-batch, whole grain, locally sourced wheat Jason Weisberger

useful things Photos and videos of bugs and stuff with my USB microscope Mark Frauenfelder

retail arbitrage Couple makes $30k reselling Trader Joe's "Everything but the Bagel" spice on Amazon Mark Frauenfelder

grinder That Capresso conical burr grinder Mark recommended is wonderful Jason Weisberger

carbs Low-carb butter pecan cookies Jason Weisberger

star wars Star Wars bakery crushes it with this gingerbread Imperial Star Destroyer Rusty Blazenhoff

picks Baking fantastic bagels is supremely simple Jason Weisberger

Food You don't want to know where Trader Joe's foods come from Rusty Blazenhoff

racism American-born Muslim harassed in line at supermarket: "I wish they didn't let you in the country" Rob Beschizza

cool stuff Recomendo: Tao Oracle/Atlas Obscura/Recommend Me a Book Mark Frauenfelder

cocopunk I have a subscription to coconut oil Mark Frauenfelder