petard Billboards go up targeting lawmakers who voted to gut Internet privacy Cory Doctorow

desert Travel Tunes: Tinariwen—Kel Tinawen Seamus Bellamy

health Elizabeth Warren's bold, risky, well-intentioned plan to improve health outcomes for African-American mothers giving birth Cory Doctorow

flowers and fun Super bloom creates new California natural disaster: tourism overflow Jason Weisberger

trumpism Kleptocracy in America: Russian-style corruption, driven by global oligarchs, enabled by US elites Cory Doctorow

picks Lyft offers grocery ride discount to people living in 'food deserts' Seamus Bellamy

saudi arabia Oil-rich Saudi Arabia is spending billions in renewable energy Seamus Bellamy

deserts The terrible power of plastic is that it quickly becomes useless but never goes away Reanna Alder

crackpots Self-proclaimed rocket scientist puts “flat-earth-proving” launch on hold Robert Spallone

art Cool art show in LA tonight:Pat Riot, David Buckingham, and Matt Aston Mark Frauenfelder

break this not that Tempered glass screen protectors avert 4 disasters in 2 months Jason Weisberger

travel How to Pack for Any Trip is like a Marie Kondo book for travelers Carla Sinclair

happy mutants Augmented Reality is a Massively Multiplayer Online world Raph Koster

aviation Burbank airport changes name, ditches "Bob Hope" Cory Doctorow

movies Review—Star Wars: The Force Awakens David Mizejewski

offworld Black characters in video games must be more than stereotypes of the inhuman Sidney Fussell

Science Water on Mars, NASA reveals Xeni Jardin

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