trump Trump to rob Homeland Security of $270M, including $155M in FEMA disaster relief, to pay for migrant detention Xeni Jardin

crime That woman who got fired for comparing Michelle Obama to an ape is now going to jail for defrauding FEMA Cory Doctorow

ice Trump diverts millions from FEMA for ICE detentions, calls Puerto Rico "unsung success" Gina Loukareas

administrative incompetence Donations to help Puerto Ricans in wake of hurricane left to rot Seamus Bellamy

trumpism Puerto Rico, abandoned by Trump and facing disaster capitalism looting by big business, turns to socialist and anarchist collectives to rebuild Cory Doctorow

corruption Source tells WSJ that the FBI is investigating Whitefish Energy and its $300M Puerto Rico contract Cory Doctorow

climate San Juan mayor barred from speaking on Trump's Puerto Rico relief conference call Cory Doctorow

snakes Snake, 62, lays eggs without having been around a male for more than a decade David Pescovitz

Weird Odd letters and numbers appearing on cars in Redding, California David Pescovitz

trees Your allergies are bad because of tree sexism Thom Dunn

Gadgets No programming skills? No design experience? GameGuru can still help create some bonkers video games Boing Boing's Shop

Delightful Creatures Officials honor hero cat who saved an old man trapped in a canal Andrea James

racism Lawyer for gun-toting St. Louis couple describes his clients as "melanin-deficient human beings" Thom Dunn

animals Woman gored after approaching bison in Yellowstone National Park Mark Frauenfelder

politics Carl Bernstein: Trump 'delusional' & danger to national security — McMaster, Tillerson, Bolton, Mattis, Kelly Xeni Jardin

police brutality North Carolina cop: "We are just going to go out and start slaughtering them f—— n——" Rob Beschizza

Space NASA renames DC headquarters after Mary W. Jackson Rob Beschizza

Science How do you count more than 60,000 sea turtles? David Pescovitz

politics Ferguson, Missouri elected its first black mayor who is also the first female mayor David Pescovitz

useful stuff Useful wall-mount thread checker Mark Frauenfelder