crime WATCH: Pot shop clerk fights off robbers with bear spray Rob Beschizza

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I have a very valid registration Police impersonator arrested Rob Beschizza

animals Some idiot painted graffiti on a Russian polar bear and now the animal likely won't survive David Pescovitz

road rage Whip wielding road rager is domesticated with pepper spray Mark Frauenfelder

hair crime Gentleman accused of hiding manbun under MAGA cap, also arrested for spraying crowd with bear repellent Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Coming to Burning Man? Join our "Assassination Army" game! Cory Doctorow

australia Aussie cops filmed beating kid with autism, disabled senior, and more Rob Beschizza

review Review: The Winkler Knives Medic Axe is as beautiful as it is expensive Seamus Bellamy

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

media What’s old is new again in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

Japan Hey, this ice cream don’t melt! Richard Kaufman

trump Aliens destroy U.S. nukes, Trump defeats N Korea, and Blac Chyna goes “classier,” in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

Gadgets Powerful Russian Orthodox cleric summoned to spritz computers with holy water to fight ransomware Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Google's aborted Ara phone was supposed to launch with an aquarium module full of wriggling tardigrades Cory Doctorow

ink Some more flavors of Noodler's Ink Jason Weisberger

Environment Feel-good story about the future of vertical farms Cory Doctorow

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books Tour New York's invisible, networked surveillance infrastructure with Ingrid Burrington's new book Cory Doctorow

books Read: Strategic Dog Patterning, a story from "Why I Hunt Flying Saucers" Hugh AD Spencer