picks Wife of top Trump official cheers return of measles Gina Loukareas

free speech Why Harper's "Letter on Justice and Open Debate" is dumb Mark Frauenfelder

racists Maskless troll at coffee shop has temper tantrum over BLM sign Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Worst Royal crisis ever spells the end of the monarchy, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Delightful Creatures Video about the amazing beetles that shoot blinding acid from their butt Mark Frauenfelder

Gentlemen doing things Watch: video of man arrested for aiming laser pointer at aircraft Mark Frauenfelder

videos Ta-Nehisi Coates makes the case for reparations to Congress Cory Doctorow

books Classic Science Fiction: 'Day of the Triffids' is dated but haunting Jason Weisberger

automotive CES-goer says his camera was killed by a self-driving car's LIDAR Cory Doctorow

Business Dystopia watch: American schools are installing anti-shooter smoke cannons and bulletproof doors Cory Doctorow

privacy Spectacle frames that reflect infrared light, blinding CCTV cameras Cory Doctorow

Science Are cosmic gorillas limiting our search for E.T.? David Pescovitz

fake news Trump’s Fixer, Killer Clintons, and What Comey Didn’t Reveal, in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

Comics X-Men: Grand Design: Busting up the Nazis Ed Piskor

futility closet 'The Children's Blizzard' of 1888 trapped children in schoolhouses across the American Midwest Futility Closet

Crossed fingers Trump's ghostwriter prediction: Trump is going to resign Carla Sinclair

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

better part of valor Killing my unfinished game dev projects Rob Beschizza

privacy Trump administration wants to force visitors to US to reveal social media passwords and answer questions about political beliefs Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Reflectacles get a new feature: CCTV-blinding infrared reflectors Cory Doctorow