Internet 31 communities vow to create local gigabit broadband Andrea James

racism Lawyer for gun-toting St. Louis couple describes his clients as "melanin-deficient human beings" Thom Dunn

glasses Original nerd glasses from 1756 saved from trash, auctioned for $5k David Pescovitz

mistakes were made Woman's toaster oven caught on fire, Whirlpool told her to take it up with a company in China Mark Frauenfelder

makers Here's something fun and productive to do with the kids: Make: launches annual Maker Camp Gareth Branwyn

politics Bloomberg quits race, endorses Biden Rob Beschizza

crime Terabytes of data leaked from an oligarch-friendly offshore bank Cory Doctorow

Environment The dangerous, exploitative, and dirty business of "healing" crystals David Pescovitz

when I wanted sunshine I got rain Covers of "I'm A Believer" Jason Weisberger

music Chuck Klosterman on space rock David Pescovitz

happy mutants The 2019 Locus Award nominees: your guide to the best sf/f of 2018 Cory Doctorow

glass Glass screen protector for our Nintendo Switch Jason Weisberger

News Thieves use bulldozers to steal $2.3 million from armored van on highway Xeni Jardin

Games 4,000-year-old game board carved into floor of ancient rock shelter David Pescovitz

mistakes Code recreates Pfizer's 1956 effort to procedurally generate drug names Rob Beschizza

techlash Oxford Dictionaries' crowns 'toxic' as its 2018 word of the year Rusty Blazenhoff

dictionary 'Single-use' edges out 'VAR,' 'floss,' 'gammon,' and 'plogging' as this dictionary's word of the year Rusty Blazenhoff

Science A CRISPR-based hack could eradicate malaria-carrying mosquitoes Cory Doctorow

horror The 50 best horror novels of all time Mark Frauenfelder

mashups Mumm-Ra joins Wu Tang Clan Rob Beschizza