happy mutants One bourbon, one Scotch, one tequila Cory Doctorow

DIY 'My Isolation Station,' home-built bar and spirits library with 4,000 bottles Xeni Jardin

science fiction Howto: design a cocktail for a Lunar civilization Cory Doctorow

Japan This cat in Japan has the most disturbing meow: 'ololiloliloliloliloliiiloli' Rusty Blazenhoff

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

usausausa The CPAC replacement speaker for Milo Yiannopoulos was a notorious Japanese cult-member Cory Doctorow

books The best young adult literature from 1967 Joshua Glenn

science fiction Fiction: The Boy Who Made Flowers S.B. Divya

uk Happy Chilcot Day (A Fairy Story) Charlie Fletcher

politics Venezuela takes two of our own as political prisoners. Help us free them. Xeni Jardin

offworld No girl wins: three ways women unlearn their love of video games Juliet Kahn

In a new book, Jon Ronson talks with people whose lives have been ruined by online shaming Mark Frauenfelder

Hello! Exploring the Superweird world of Hello Kitty Mark Frauenfelder

Brew coffee 19th century style with a balancing siphon Andrea James

Disney The birth of Disney's dark ride Jeff Baham

travel What it's like to take a 36-hour sleeper train from LA to Seattle Nicole Dieker

Robogenesis: the terrifying sequel to Robopocalypse Daniel H Wilson

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing

Poesy Doctorow (Cory's daughter) reviews "Hilda and the Black Hound" (USA reprise) Cory Doctorow