trumpism Senior Ben Carson staffer says she was demoted for refusing to "find money" to spend on lavish tax-funded perks for Carson's home and office Cory Doctorow

police Massachusetts governor proposes a $5000 bonus for cops who undergo anti-racist training Thom Dunn

NASA Beautiful NASA satellite image of the mysterious giant man of South Australia David Pescovitz

finance The rent's less damned high: rents falling in most of America's most expensive cities Cory Doctorow

Gadgets $5000 gadget for cheating at poker Rob Beschizza

Gadgets What the crowd made of Apple's $1000 monitor stand Rob Beschizza

Concentrated masculinity Unboxing video of a phone that's as hideously ugly as it is expensive Mark Frauenfelder

security Defect in car security system aids carjackers, thieves Cory Doctorow

google Google donated $5k to GOP Senator who "joked" about attending a lynching with her Black opponent Cory Doctorow

privacy invaders Travelers to New Zealand who refuse a digital strip search will be fined $5000 Mark Frauenfelder

police Cops destroyed man's house with explosives to flush out hiding shoplifter, offered $5,000 in compensation Rob Beschizza

videos Scientology's $5,000 E-meters are surprisingly well-engineered Cory Doctorow

air force Officer in charge of lost grenades fails his way into cushy new gig Seamus Bellamy

class war United axes its employee bonus program, replaces it with a lottery, saving millions Cory Doctorow

Business Financial consultancy says that Bitcoin's value is speculative, and as a currency, it should be worth $810 Cory Doctorow

florida Florida man attacks ATM after it dispenses too much money Rob Beschizza

crime Cops chase innocent shoplifting suspect into stranger's house, then storm it with 50-person SWAT team and blow up every room except one Cory Doctorow

corruption Trump Cabinet Secretary's hometown, 2-person company wins $300m power-rebuilding contract in Puerto Rico Cory Doctorow

Chuck E. Cheese's For sale: (1) Chuck E. Cheese's animatronic band Rusty Blazenhoff

trumpism Yet another Trump official accused of defrauding taxpayers with dirty travel expenses Cory Doctorow