crime Florida man impersonated state prosecutors in order to drop charges against himself David Pescovitz

video Watch a comedian who's a dead ringer for televangelist Joel Osteen make the most of his curse Andrea James

corruption "Reputation management" companies apparently induce randos to perjure themselves by pretending to be anonymous posters Cory Doctorow

trump Trump calls mail-in ballots "corrupt" but reiterates that it's fine when he does it Thom Dunn

Weird Box full of bear cubs bewilders North Carolina man Xeni Jardin

Business In this email scam, Iran-linked hackers pose as journalists Xeni Jardin

politics Twitter censures UK Tory Party for changing its blue-check account name to "FactCheckUK" during the prime ministerial debates Cory Doctorow

youtube YouTube ‘missed the mark,’ says CEO apologizing for verification removal mega-blunder Xeni Jardin

comedy Look at new SNL cast member Chloe Fineman's spot-on impersonation of Elizabeth Holmes Mark Frauenfelder

music Enter Sandman in the style of Let's Dance-era Bowie Rob Beschizza

tv Bill Hader meets his and our god, Keith Morrison Rob Beschizza

crime Spectacular read: a profile of Anna Sorokin, a con-artist who convinced New York that she was a high-rolling socialite trust-funder Cory Doctorow

Impersonations Eddie Murphy's perfect Bill Cosby impersonation Mark Frauenfelder

Art and Design Artist David Henry Nobody Jr. on how impersonating a wealthy Trump fan "kind of drove me insane" Sarina Sinclair and Adam Gelbart

crime Criminals are laundering money by selling books of computer-generated gibberish on Amazon Mark Frauenfelder

security Man discovers he has been impersonated on Amazon by a money-launderer selling $555 "books" full of computer-generated word salad Cory Doctorow

web theory Facebook helped consolidate power for Cambodia's dictator and his attack-dog media, then killed the independent press's platform Cory Doctorow

videos Australian government proposes jail terms for satire Cory Doctorow

scholarship Algorithms can write fake reviews that humans rate as "helpful" Cory Doctorow

Games Weird, spot-on parodies of broken-robot videogame AI Rob Beschizza