Somali Songs Reveal Why Musical Crate Digging is a Form of Cultural Archaeology
Crate digging is not just a search for cool tunes: it’s a pathway through cultural history. Michael Shakib Bhatch writes.
Flipping the Switch on a Revitalized CC Network
Creative Commons’ CEO on revitalizing the Creative Commons network around the globe.
Sunday Comics
It’s all good news now, because we left the taps running for a hundred years. So drink into the drink, plastic cup drink. Read Sunday Comics with the people, the plastic eating people still connected to the moment it began.
Between You, Me, and Google: Problems With Gmail’s “Confidential Mode”
What’s so confidential about Gmail’s new Confidential Mode? Gennie Gebhart and Cory Doctorow answer: nothing.
Why Russian Spies Really Like American Universities
If the charges against Maria Butina are accurate, she’s only the latest in a long line of Russian agents to go undercover on U.S. campuses. Daniel Golden explores the phenomenon.
Five Ways to Curb the Power of Corporations
Of the world’s 100 largest economies, 69 are transnational businesses. How can we rein them in—and ultimately transform them?
The Evisceration of Storytelling
Are stories really the magical elixir for social change we think they are? Not in their current form. Sujatha Fernandes writes.
Sunday Comics
They got that crazed look in their eyes (Read the Sunday Comics)/Everybody’s in a trance, because the brainwash is in high tide (Read the Sunday Comics) You can tell when they dance.
Citadel
Some thoughts on Jack Remick’s atypical entry into speculative fiction, from Pam Carter.
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