los angeles How intense are the El Niño rains in LA? Oh, El Pollo Loco roof collapsing intense Xeni Jardin

Kids Kid with cerebral palsy skateboards for first time with help from mom and technology Xeni Jardin

Journalism After a police raid, a Nicaraguan cartoonist has found sanctuary in the United States Thom Dunn

happy mutants 2019 Hugo Award finalists announced Cory Doctorow

News Venezuela: Jorge Ramos & Univision crew freed after Maduro detained for 3 hours inside presidential palace Xeni Jardin

random acts of kindness Police officer who breastfed a malnourished baby at hospital hailed a hero Mark Frauenfelder

getting things done Leonardo Da Vinci to-do list reveals his insatiable curiosity about the world Mark Frauenfelder

minimalism Nino, the Brutalist garden gnome Rusty Blazenhoff

right-wing snowflakes EPA head Scott Pruitt flies first class because he thinks people who fly coach want to kill him Mark Frauenfelder

Business Mafia money-launderer listed his profession as "fraudster" with UK companies register Cory Doctorow

microdosing First-ever LSD microdosing study on its way Carla Sinclair

Science Congressional Science Committee tweets link to Breitbart climate denial by self-confessed bullshit artist Cory Doctorow

Tax dollars at work French President Francois Hollande pays $11,000 a month for haircuts Mark Frauenfelder

trains A little film about the world's largest model train installation Rob Beschizza

corruption San Francisco Super Bowl: crooked accounting, mass surveillance and a screwjob for taxpayers & homeless people Cory Doctorow

DRONES Video: cliffside apartment buildings near San Francisco are about to fall Matthew Williams

Gadgets I love this super-bright minimalist LED lantern, and will use it to survive the apocalypse Xeni Jardin

corruption Blackmail: Manila airport security's "bullet scam" Cory Doctorow