pirates of the caribbean Monkey from Pirates of the Caribbean bites makeup artist's ear Carla Sinclair
white supremacists The legal battle over those novelty Sea Monkeys and X-Ray Specs involves white supremacy and a 60s bondage film star Thom Dunn
short films David Lynch's bizarre new Netflix short is a perfect companion to this quinoa recipe Thom Dunn
check-belly sneetches Twitter CEO reveals the guy who issues coveted blue checkmarks, and the guy is not happy about it Mark Frauenfelder
science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder
fake news UFOs invade Arctic, John the Baptist’s sandals, and worms from hell, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
google Two years later, Google solves 'racist algorithm' problem by purging 'gorilla' label from image classifier Cory Doctorow
#blacklivesmatter Quantifying the additional killings commited by cops when they get military weapons Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Automated book-culling software drives librarians to create fake patrons to "check out" endangered titles Cory Doctorow
graphic novels Big Trouble in Little China continues, in comic book form, with John Carpenter still at the helm Wink
security 100 million VWs can be unlocked with a $40 cracker (and other cars aren't much better) Cory Doctorow