picks Yellowstone bison calf killed by park rangers after tourists placed it in their rental car trunk Xeni Jardin

Spoken Word with Electronics For triggers, gates, clocks, and sociopaths alike, "Master/Slave" faces retirement Ethan Persoff

video games This VR Mosh Pit Simulator game is fascinating and horrifying Thom Dunn

police Protesting is a non-essential activity, according to the Raleigh Police Department Thom Dunn

History Bestiality was not socially acceptable in medieval Europe Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Naomi Kritzer's "Catfishing on the CatNet": an AI caper about the true nature of online friendship Cory Doctorow

science fiction Amazon PR accidentally confirms the existence of a fictional dystopian Amazon technology Thom Dunn

Copyfight Podcast: False Flag Cory Doctorow

nevermore Fast food gives crows higher cholesterol, too Clive Thompson

happy mutants BATHDOOM: A Doom level based on a terrible bathroom remodel Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Artists against Article 13: when Big Tech and Big Content make a meal of creators, it doesn't matter who gets the bigger piece Cory Doctorow

booze Hard boozing raccoons mistakenly thought to be rabid Seamus Bellamy

music THE BUREAU: Part Four, "The Appearance and Assassination of President Jung Thug" Ethan Persoff

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

science fiction 84K: A grim meathook future novel of exterminism, with a theory of change and a glimmer of hope in its centre Cory Doctorow

skynet What happens if you give an AI control over a corporation? Clive Thompson

books Cult of Personality: Two crime writers discuss the allure of cults in their own dark fiction Alex Segura

trumpism CBD is a non-psychoactive compound in marijuana that shows promise in epilepsy and pain therapy, so the DEA wants to class it with heroin Cory Doctorow

books Volk: a sinister, Lovecraftian tale of eugenics, Naziism, and "radiant abomination" Cory Doctorow

pets Dogs can get a Lyme disease vaccine, why can't you? Jason Weisberger