fashion Sneakers made from Amsterdammers' used bubble-gum Cory Doctorow

drugs Today is the 50th anniversary of Dock Ellis's legendary baseball no-hitter on LSD Thom Dunn

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

Funny Squirrel wrecks couple's home while away on holiday and insurance won't pay Xeni Jardin

Science A 1953 colloquium pondered the question "Did Man Once Live By Beer Alone?" Clive Thompson

politics Michael Cohen's mobile phone data shows he was in Prague around time of Trump Russia meeting Xeni Jardin

psychedelic A handful of psychedelic "Atlantis" mushrooms in Amsterdam Jason Weisberger

toddlers A 2-year-old shreds his parents $1,060 savings in paper shredder Carla Sinclair

News California's Delta Fire: 15,294+ acres scorched in 24 hours, 'human involvement' blamed Xeni Jardin

Reviews This device lets me work in mosquito-free bliss Seamus Bellamy

animals I was lucky to have a friend like Lu Jason Weisberger

San Francisco Bay Area Artist secretly shares 'Meals For Thieves' Rusty Blazenhoff

internet of things A juicer that won't make juice unless the produce is marked with special code [Updated] Mark Frauenfelder

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

interior design The Creative Cottage – Small spaces rehabilitated by adventurous homeowners with vision Wink

media "World’s toughest duck" has died, and other tabloid stunners Peter Sheridan

happy mutants BART's twitter manager drops truth-bombs, world cheers Cory Doctorow

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

Games Punk Games Zoe Quinn