Business Verizon says it will buy Blue Jeans Network, Zoom competitor, reportedly for under $500 million Xeni Jardin

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fashion Frankensteinian blue jeans-mesh monstrosity on sale for $236 Mark Frauenfelder

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Games $200 Street Fighter II selvedge denim jeans Rob Beschizza

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crimes Man steals chicken and biscuits, say police Rob Beschizza

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picks El Cajon police say unarmed black man pointed vape at officer before he was shot to death Xeni Jardin

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

fashion Surprising history of the "Canadian Tuxedo," starring Bing Crosby David Pescovitz

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design Podzook: a simply stunning backyard office pod Andrea James

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

Safety Motorcycle Jeans and Adventure Pants Jason Weisberger

happy mutants Fiction: Someone to Watch Over Me Angus McIntyre

Gadgets Ad-hoc museums of a failing utopia: photos of Soviet shop-windows Cory Doctorow

science fiction The Dummies' Guide To Cosplay Photography in 2014 Andy Ihnatko