offworld Ancient adventure texts at last unearthed Leigh Alexander

crime Boy, 10 years old, fires shotgun at cops during 2-hour SWAT standoff in San Diego, CA Xeni Jardin

tabloids Johnny Depp dying, Caitlyn Jenner’s baby, and the sexiest man alive, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

law GIF site Gfycat announces mass deletions, threatens Archive Team with lawsuit Rob Beschizza

Games 2,500 MS-DOS games enter the Internet Archive Rob Beschizza

fixed it for you Scholar finds John Milton's copy of Shakespeare, marked up with corrections and improvements Clive Thompson

youtube YouTube removed battlebot videos because its system thought they contained "animal suffering" Clive Thompson

Business DOJ approves $26 billion T-Mobile and Sprint deal Xeni Jardin

barbarism Watch Trump official say caged children don't need soap, toothbrushes, or beds to be "safe and sanitary" [UPDATED] Mark Frauenfelder

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

Business Riot Games employees walk out to protest forced arbitration for sexual harassment lawsuits Xeni Jardin

Copyfight Read the source code for every classic Infocom text-adventure game! Cory Doctorow

happy mutants 2019 Hugo Award finalists announced Cory Doctorow

videos Glossary of Broken Dreams: now available to stream! Cory Doctorow

books UPDATED: The US Patent and Trademark Office is ready to hand over an exclusive trademark for "Dragon Slayer" for fantasy novels Cory Doctorow

News Facebook's defense for allowing InfoWars and 'fake news' — It's Analysis ? Xeni Jardin

fake news Melania humiliated, a JFK conspiracy bombshell, and beautiful people in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants 2017 Hugo nominees announced Cory Doctorow

corruption Foxconn's corporate welfare deal will cost Wisconsin taxpayers more than 3 billion dollars Cory Doctorow

books I'll see you this weekend at Denver Comic-Con! Cory Doctorow