trains Gorgeous photos of Soviet subway stations Clive Thompson

sponsored It's Time for Silicon Valley To Finish Its Job of Disrupting the Racist Drug War Boing Boing

physics See-thru rockets are GO for launch! Gareth Branwyn

tabloids Do the tabloids deserve a government bailout? This week’s dubious offerings make a poor case for their survival. Peter Sheridan

News Leaked Twitter demo shows red banners to indicate lies and disinformation under tweets Xeni Jardin

Business Charter/Spectrum sold customers expensive home security systems, then killed the program and left them high and dry Cory Doctorow

tabloids Penis fish, Simon Cowell’s missing boobs, and Hillary Clinton’s gay flings, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Christopher Brown talking legal thrillers, dystopia, and science fiction Cory Doctorow

Environment The dangerous, exploitative, and dirty business of "healing" crystals David Pescovitz

media The British press used to be amazingly homophobic, and the backsliding has begun Rob Beschizza

moon Scientists discover 4.8 quintillion pound "mystery blob" below the moon's surface Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants The 2019 Locus Award nominees: your guide to the best sf/f of 2018 Cory Doctorow

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

migration U.S. government now caging asylum seekers under the international bridge in El Paso, Texas Xeni Jardin

fake news Queen in drunken brawl, Prince Harry’s hell, and Meghan Markle’s secrets, in this week’s dubious Royal tabloids Peter Sheridan

Games Resident Evil 2 with the facial animation exaggerated 500% Rob Beschizza

Dungeons and Dragons What's new in tabletop gaming (November edition) Gareth Branwyn

picks Meet Helen, 5, detained by Trump, forced to sign away her rights in court. Xeni Jardin

fake news Royal feud, Cosby’s hell, Aniston trapped, and alternate universes, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan