wearables Testing an electronic shock bracelet to cut back on social media David Pescovitz

gaming Diablo III for Nintendo Switch? Yes Please! Seamus Bellamy

economics The price of a latte around the world Rob Beschizza

recipes A children's book recipe for "No-Bake Spice Cookies," inspired by David Lynch's DUNE Thom Dunn

drugs Porn star who makes penis candles arrested for murder after psychedelic toad venom ritual David Pescovitz

drugs A sober look at kratom, a psychoactive plant that has many claimed benefits, and has also inspired a moral panic Cory Doctorow

podcast A small city mayor explains why safe drug injection sites are so effective Thom Dunn

Business Massachusetts says Purdue's profits from a single opioid addict were $200,000 Cory Doctorow

videos Meet John Horgan and the BC NDP – North America’s most progressive government Steve Jackson

NSFW Pornography use increased when Fortnite crashed for 24 hours Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Come see me at the Edinburgh Festival and/or Worldcon! Cory Doctorow

tabloids Exposed! Tucker Carlson’s secret addiction, Meghan Markle’s secret “sister,” and Royal Family secrets, in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

tech The Kindle Oasis is stupid expensive and stupid lovely to use Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants Automating Inequality: using algorithms to create a modern "digital poor-house" Cory Doctorow

motorcycle Hunter Thompson's Ducati 900 Supersport review Jason Weisberger

trumpism America's leading nickname for crystal meth is "Donald Trump" Cory Doctorow

grateful dead A Grateful Dead family album Mark Frauenfelder

books The Abominable Mr Seabrook: a sympathetic biography of an unsympathetic, forgotten literary legend Cory Doctorow

Science The DEA just added a promising anti-opioid addiction herb to Schedule 1, because reasons Cory Doctorow

picks Prince: death by ignorance and fear Maureen Herman