picks As man exits truck to assault cyclist, car jacker steals truck and hits person in a wheelchair Jason Weisberger

police In Portlandia, police confiscated chickpeas and White Claw Thom Dunn

Games 'How to build a Nintendo Switch' for coronavirus #StayAtHome gaming Xeni Jardin

security Carriers ignore studies that show they suck at preventing SIM-swap attacks Cory Doctorow

logging Darwin Award nominees: idiots with chainsaws Gareth Branwyn

Weird Police nab 'Carjacking-goatnapping' suspect, goat and human released unharmed Xeni Jardin

World Mental Health Day It’s World Mental Health Day: A primer on depression for the public-at-large Maureen Herman

Weird Two bear cubs rescued after 'bearjacking' van, locking selves in, honking horn Xeni Jardin

health Sleuths discover the source of $28m in dark money lobbying in favor of emergency room "surprise bills": private equity firms that own doctors' practices Cory Doctorow

Science A deep dive into how parasites hijack our behavior and how we evolved to resist them Cory Doctorow

science fiction Read: Jeannette Ng's Campbell Award acceptance speech, in which she correctly identifies Campbell as a fascist and expresses solidarity with Hong Kong protesters Cory Doctorow

privacy Interoperability and Privacy: Squaring the Circle Cory Doctorow

surveillance capitalism Internet users are wising up to persuasive "nudge" techniques Cory Doctorow

security An 14-year-old's Internet-of-Things worm is bricking shitty devices by the thousands Cory Doctorow

security Security researchers reveal defects that allow wireless hijacking of giant construction cranes, scrapers and excavators Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism The promise and peril of "sonification": giving feedback through sound Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism The plane(t) has been hijacked by billionaires, and we're all passengers Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism LA's teachers are ready to strike on Tuesday, rejecting privatization of public education Cory Doctorow

Copyfight EU hijacking: self-driving car data will be copyrighted…by the manufacturer Cory Doctorow

manual transmission Young thieves baffled by obsolete technology Jason Weisberger