busytown 2018: mansplainers and swamp drainers (previously), via Kottke
creative commons: potential changes to European Union’s intellectual property law could give rise to censorship machines and a link taxoff the wall: an analysis of Michael Jackson’s “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”
foremal: IKEA partners with Per B Sundberg to create a line of homewares with a gothic aesthetic
going up: researchers at Shizuoka University to conduct a proof of concept trial for a space elevator, via Slashdot