art Invader's "Rubik Mona Lisa," made from hundreds of Rubik's Cubes, expected to get $166,000 at auction David Pescovitz

b-side 'Murder hornets' arrive in the U.S., beekeepers fear mass honeybee deaths Xeni Jardin

podcasts Guillermo del Toro says his grandmother used to physically torture him for the good of his soul John Struan

security Researchers think that adversarial examples could help us maintain privacy from machine learning systems Cory Doctorow

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politics Revenge porn shitweasel and U.S. Senate hopeful Craig Brittain has a "racist texts" problem Rob Beschizza

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sports The best golfer in America Rob Beschizza

Tom the Dancing Bug They were… Socialist Invaders from the Future! Ruben Bolling

trump Ukraine asks Canada to continue training troops to oppose Russia's invasive bullshit Seamus Bellamy

twitter Rudy Giuliani doesn't understand the internet Gina Loukareas

happy mutants Evolutionary Space Invaders: shoot the aliens as a genetic algorithm modifies them Cory Doctorow

violence At least 11 killed in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting Rob Beschizza

carbs Low-carb butter pecan cookies Jason Weisberger

guns Ghostbuster arrested for firing gun at an apparition David Pescovitz

happy mutants John Varley's "Irontown Blues" – noir doggy science fiction from one of the field's all-time greats Cory Doctorow

Games The paleocomputing miracle of the 76477 Space Invaders sound effects chip Cory Doctorow

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typography Study: two spaces after a period makes reading easier Clive Thompson

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