Boston Marathon A healthcare worker ran her own Boston Marathon to spell out "Boston Strong" but she spelled it wrong Thom Dunn

facebook The Facebook Community Standards Roast! Ethan Persoff

podcasts Open Culture has a new directory of the "Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind" Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Boston Dynamics robot dog enforces lockdown in Singapore Rob Beschizza

Technology How artist Refik Anadol uses AI to create hypnotic art installations Xeni Jardin

Weird Delta evacuation slide falls from jet in sky, nobody hurt Xeni Jardin

security America needs a national standard for voting and voter rolls Cory Doctorow

elizabeth warren for president Strong fundraising shows Sen. Warren's continued surge Jason Weisberger

gender Survey: Self-identified "pro lifers" are generally contemptuous of women Cory Doctorow

Games Already regretting assigning Bret Easton Ellis to review Minecraft's photorealistic texture pack Rob Beschizza

trump Mitt Romney delivers totally weak-ass response to racist Trump tweets Xeni Jardin

picks No, anti-vaccine hysteria didn't emerge from grassroots. This rich NYC couple funded it. Xeni Jardin

tabloids Aretha Franklin murdered, Kevin Spacey in slaying scandal, and Obama’s secret lover, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

picks 'He has learned nothing,' Zuckerberg considers crowdsourcing news fact-checks for Facebook Xeni Jardin

drug lords Billionaire pharmaceutical founder bribed doctors to push addictive fentanyl spray, says US prosector Mark Frauenfelder

in san francisco everyday is halloween Change.org petition to light Sauron's Eye above Salesforce Tower San Francisco Jason Weisberger

politics Kavanaugh's Yale fraternity brothers posing with a flag of womens' underwear (PHOTO) Xeni Jardin

News Police reports show child sex abuse is rampant at immigrant detention facilities under Trump Xeni Jardin

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

News Trump-Putin in Helsinki: Transcript and Video Xeni Jardin