Mondays might not be your favorite day of the week, but the good news is that we’re all in this together ladies and gentlemen. As purveyors of prime Grade A web content, the SolidSmack crew has done some of the heavy-lifting to make sure you get your Mondays started on the right track.

Welcome to The Monday List.

Every Monday, we link you up with some of the most insightful, informative, and socially-relevant stories to keep tabbed, bookmarked, reading listed, pocketed, or what have you to get your week started on the right foot. Be sure to check in each week for a new crop of freshly sprouted words curated straight from the source of your favorite homegrown ‘Smack.

What We’re Reading This Week:

Teslas Go Drag Racing and Smoke the Combustion Faithful

A father-and-son team with a garage full of electric cars forces a Southern stronghold of gasoline power to face the quietly whirring future.

The $250 Biohack That’s Revolutionizing Life With Diabetes

DIYers used a security flaw to bypass the $8.3 billion insulin delivery business with a cobbled-together artificial pancreas.

Letter of Recommendation: Urban Fly-Fishing

I’ve been described by a few mental-health professionals over the years as having obsessive tendencies. I never exactly doubted the assessment, but I also never really understood it until I started fly-fishing.

Fax Machines Are Still Everywhere, and Wildly Insecure

Hackers have targeted fax machines for decades, and the technology is still insecure in basic ways.

In Defense of Being on the Phone All the Damn Time

Methink some of us doth protest too much.

Reviewing a 70-Year-Old Drysdale Special Road Bike

In today’s carbon-framed fat-tubed push-button bicycle landscape, it can be difficult to find a bike that truly stands out. Enter the Drysdale Special.