australia Scottish reporter covering Aussie bush fires gets to meet a drop bear Rob Beschizza

fashion Skin tight, with bite: lion-mauled jeans Matt Maranian

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Weird Mysterious rash of cattle mutilations in Oregon David Pescovitz

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Celebrate 4/20 in style with deals on these smoking accessories Boing Boing's Shop

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

drugs Smoke some shoes? The DEA's list of slang terms for cannabis David Pescovitz

halloween The 2017 Halloween Candy Hierarchy: Definitely Not Fake News David Ng and Ben Cohen

science fiction Sci-Fi Sundays: The Original Science Fiction Stories, March 1957 Caleb Kraft

happy mutants Google's aborted Ara phone was supposed to launch with an aquarium module full of wriggling tardigrades Cory Doctorow

music Newly digitized mixtapes from 80s and 90s club DJs Andrea James

halloween The Candy Hierarchy for 2016: Halloween's best and worst treats David Ng and Ben Cohen

censorship Censorship company drops bogus lawsuit against researchers who outed them Cory Doctorow

media Secret White House economic analysis foresees new Great Depression within months, and other tabloid stunners Peter Sheridan

books Kim Stanley Robinson's "Aurora": space is bigger than you think Cory Doctorow

The surprising history of hippy crack Linda Rodriguez

yanss Monkeys, money, and the primate origins of human irrationality David McRaney

rats The Rat King: On the Fascinations (and Revulsions) of Rattus Mark Dery

Environment The revenge of the lawn Mark Dery