One of my favorite side projects this year was my story for @technologyreview.com about the history of the Armatron robotic toy. I had one as a kid, and it is a miracle of mechanical engineering. I got to interview its inventor, retired toy designer Hiroyuki Watanabe. ter.li/JKeegan (gift link)

listen, we gotta live. we have to outlast them. we have to turn their graves into trans inclusive toilets.