accidents Truck with oversize load scrapes against overpass Mark Frauenfelder

colorado Massive boulder that rolled onto Colorado highway is too expensive to move, will now be a tourist attraction David Pescovitz

driving Watch a bus do a u-turn on a busy highway David Pescovitz

Gadgets Planning a road trip? Don't hit the road without this luggage carrier Boing Boing's Shop

coronavirus South Dakota governor tries to crush Native American efforts to contain the coronavirus Thom Dunn

tabloids Coronavirus can make you fat, the Queen is still dying, and a sex tape nightmare, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Business Why there are so many cannabis-sponsored highway miles in Colorado Xeni Jardin

crime White nationalists planned to murder cops and pro-gun protesters in Virginia Cory Doctorow

Science How to (maybe) see the Leonid meteor shower before dawn on Monday David Pescovitz

religion Federal Court: Kentucky discriminated by disallowing "IM GOD" license plate David Pescovitz

science fiction Beautiful boxed set of two Octavia Butler novels Mark Frauenfelder

books Out today: a two-volume, slipcased edition of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, introduced by Gloria Steinem and Toshi Reagon Cory Doctorow

#standedatnarita No trains or buses from Narita to Tokyo after the category 3 typhoon = chaos for thousands Sean Bonner

Copyfight Library of Congress releases 11,700 freely usable photos of "roadside America," taken by John Margolies Cory Doctorow

music End.Game: a synth album from 19A0 Rob Beschizza

e-scooters LimeBike guy crosses 5 lanes of Texas freeway traffic in 15 seconds on electric scooter Xeni Jardin

Old school In 1943, the chairman of the NY Fed backed Modern Monetary Theory: "Taxes for Revenue Are Obsolete" Cory Doctorow

avocados Avocado farmers routinely victimized by organized crime Seamus Bellamy

law California set to legalize eating roadkill Cory Doctorow

Science Fantastic gig posters for scientists' lectures David Pescovitz