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guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

News UPDATED: Tony Robbins accused of sexually assaulting high schooler at summer camp Xeni Jardin

crime Passenger in locked luggage compartment of moving bus called 911 for help Mark Frauenfelder

photography Lisa Kereszi’s creepy photos of low-budget scare attractions Mark Dery

Amazon home assistant recorded and sent private conversation to third party, says Portland woman Rob Beschizza

obstruction of justice Jeff Sessions, Mitch McConnell, 40+ others in GOP Congress think obstruction of justice should get a President removed Carla Sinclair

I hate rodents Sic semper evello mortem rattus norvegicus Jason Weisberger

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

Copyfight The World Wide Web Consortium wants to give companies a veto over warnings about browser defects Cory Doctorow

propaganda Unintentionally funny 1969 anti-LSD film by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Six months with a dumbphone Rob Beschizza

politics "Stranger Danger" to children vastly overstated Glenn Fleishman

science fiction Describing the indescribable with Jeff Vandermeer Peter Mendelsund

music Eurovision 2013: An American in London Leigh Alexander