books The WPA's horseback librarians Cory Doctorow

pandemic Baking through the pandemic: Sourdough soft pretzels Jason Weisberger

documentaries Watch this wonderful and mellow short documentary about janitors (1966) David Pescovitz

happy mutants Upright Women Wanted: be gay, do crimes, circulate books Cory Doctorow

construction Watch this fantastic Las Vegas-style hotel demolition in Las Vegas David Pescovitz

Science US Air Force has developed unusual liquid metal conductor David Pescovitz

late stage capitalism Burbank! Come to an emergency City Hall meeting on 10/29 to deal with the city's eviction crisis! Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Fan-made "rideable" Haunted Mansion poster Cory Doctorow

politics Composite image of all the low-polling white men running for president Rob Beschizza

art "A Message From the Future": short film about the "Green New Deal Decade," narrated by AOC, drawn by Molly Crabapple, presented by Naomi Klein Cory Doctorow

happy mutants A virtual re-creation of San Francisco's massive WPA wooden city model Cory Doctorow

History A giant wooden model of 1930s San Francisco has been put online Jason Weisberger

happy mutants The Real Santa: grimly hilarious comedy short Cory Doctorow

assassin The real Santa is a contract killer in this dark Christmas short Rusty Blazenhoff

music THE BUREAU: Part Three, "Assessing Others" — with a Metasonix D-2000 Vacuum Tube Drum Machine Ethan Persoff

russia Guy who pretends to murder people for a living named Russian Goodwill ambassador Seamus Bellamy

art Watch this kinetic chandelier in all its shape-shifting glory Andrea James

happy mutants WPA3: a new generation in wifi security starts today Cory Doctorow

Kids Watch sand dune skiers hit the hot, dry slopes Andrea James

california LA's high-tech, thoughtful water management is cause for cautious optimism about adapting to climate change Cory Doctorow