elephants Elephants evolving to be born without tusks thanks to ruthless poachers Carla Sinclair

facebook Facebook is the hub of the global trade in endangered species: can securities law be used to force the company into action? Cory Doctorow

Environment Mammoth pirates plunder Russian arctic for "ethical ivory" Andrea James

animals China plans to ban ivory trade “within a year or so.” US official: Yes it's a “huge” deal. Xeni Jardin

conservation Ivory smuggling route tracked via fake tusks with GPS Andrea James

Dungeons and Dragons D20 dice made from wooly mammoth ivory David Pescovitz

#blacklivesmatter Six Atlanta cops charged after pulling two young black people from a car and electrocuting them Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets These weighted blankets will help soothe those frayed nerves Boing Boing's Shop

art These inflatable trousers are weird and cool Xeni Jardin

tabloids Nipple clamps, squeezed breasts, and a Royal rude awakening, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Gadgets Get the Gravity Blanket and other weighted blankets at deep discounts Boing Boing's Shop

dinosaurs You can now enjoy a whiff of T. Rex's foul breath David Pescovitz

law After poacher crackdown, Tanzanian endangered rhino and elephant populations are staging inspiring recoveries Cory Doctorow

art Laetitia Ky twists her hair into fantastically intricate, socially conscious art David Pescovitz

Science Save The Elephants: How DNA revealed the 3 cartels behind most of Africa’s ivory smuggling Xeni Jardin

Foster an Orphan Elephant Richard Kaufman

Gadgets A device for "germ-proof" kissing David Pescovitz

class war The GOP tax plan was supposed to gouge high tax blue states with massive hikes, but it'll probably end up making them richer Cory Doctorow

trumpism Trump's top economic advisor couldn't bear to listen to the president bloviate so he pretended he had a bad connection and hung up Cory Doctorow

corruption Candid Wall Street barons worry that GOP tax plan will lead to literal euthanasia of the rentier Cory Doctorow