botwerks

take away free parking and watch the suburban mind implode

because yeah, i read literally everything ted chiang writes about tech and our runaway civilization

propublica continues punching above their weight with exceptional supreme court coverage

ancient carbon capture tech makes a comeback, plus disney dabbles in solarpunk futures that might require actual stomach strength to watch

on privacy invasions through private spies, unix terminal standards, harmful sunscreen chemicals, and twitter's transformation

reflections on the ten-year anniversary of snowden's leaks and how little has fundamentally changed despite more encryption

on retconning sci-fi plotlines and the absurd chemical-soaked american lawn obsession

mcsweeney's perfectly captures the absurd caricatures the right creates about educators

surprising economics of how cyclists pay more than their fair share for street infrastructure

the rich winning the war on poverty, nyc's vacant buildings, and how twitter's debt influences who gets silenced