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b-side Pittsburgh's tradition of claiming a public parking space by putting a chair in it David Pescovitz

Delightful Creatures US releases proposed rule to ban emotional support animals on planes Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets After random surveillance images started to show up on users' devices, Google blocked Xiaomi from running Assistant or Google Home Cory Doctorow

science fiction William Gibson profiled in The New Yorker Mark Frauenfelder

mistakes Lawsuit: Burger King cooking vegan burgers on same grill plate as meat Rob Beschizza

Copyfight "Softbody Tetris": what if tetronimoes were made of jello? Cory Doctorow

Delightful Creatures Man helps beaver carry branch Mark Frauenfelder

politics Supreme Court blocks House Democrats' subpoena for Trump's tax returns, for now Xeni Jardin

Funny Kentucky atheist can get ‘IM GOD’ license plate, US court rules Xeni Jardin

Weird Narwhal the 'Unicorn Puppy' has 'tail' on head he can't wag Xeni Jardin

b-side Meet Narwhal, an abandoned puppy with an extra tail on his head Rob Beschizza

trump Taxpayers spent $10b for Trump's wall (so far); smugglers are cutting it with $100 saws and $10 blades Cory Doctorow

science fiction Beautiful boxed set of two Octavia Butler novels Mark Frauenfelder

b-side This website generates a new RPG dungeon every time you refresh the page Mark Frauenfelder

b-side Scientists train rats to drive little cars to collect food, and the rats like it Mark Frauenfelder

b-side Super genius blows up backyard trying to kill critters Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants Le Creuset announces a line of high-end Star Wars cookwear Cory Doctorow

Funny Veterinary tech training video starring man as pissed-off, unruly, and frightened cat David Pescovitz

law 9th circuit: scraping publicly-accessible websites is fine Rob Beschizza