tragic Henri le Chat Noir bids us "Oh, revoir" Rusty Blazenhoff

art These inflatable trousers are weird and cool Xeni Jardin

Science Albatrosses deployed to detect illegal fish vessels out at sea David Pescovitz

illegal dumping Person with TV on their head caught on video leaving TVs on folks porches Jason Weisberger

Weird Someone wearing a TV on their head is depositing old TVs on front lawns in Virginia David Pescovitz

privacy Vast majority of porn sites use Google Analytics and Facebook embeds that track you, even in incognito mode Cory Doctorow

law French politicians want to add an ag-gag rule to the country's sweeping online hate speech proposal Cory Doctorow

books The works of William James Sidis, the "smartest man who ever lived" Cory Doctorow

photography In this interview, photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson had sex on the mind David Pescovitz

art Watch Moebius's "Starwatcher," a pioneering 3D computer animation from 1991 David Pescovitz

fake news This week’s tabloids: They’re not lies. They’re just Trumpian thinking Peter Sheridan

nsa Which windowless American buildings are secret AT&T/NSA listening posts? Cory Doctorow

History The first "portable" computer fit in two trailer vans and weighed 20 tons Cory Doctorow

censorship People are stashing irrevocable child porn links, dox, copyright infringement, and leaked state secrets in the blockchain Cory Doctorow

ice The sound of skating on thin ice Rob Beschizza

romantic tragedies A goose stuck in a decades-long love triangle has tragic ending Seamus Bellamy

video Watch how 19th-century Genaille-Lucas calculating rulers work Andrea James

tedx Record digger shares a great story about the discovery of a 'Holy Grail' album Rusty Blazenhoff

law The ultimate DMCA takedown fail Rob Beschizza

Trump’s space death ray, Hillary Clinton’s liberation, and alien mummies, in this week’s tabs Peter Sheridan