WWE WWE's Kane is the new mayor of Knox County, Tennessee Gina Loukareas

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music Salaryman dances to disco music Rob Beschizza

climate Climate denial has destroyed the libertarian movement Cory Doctorow

apps The Photo Roulette app sends a random photo from your phone to your friends John Struan

Games A retrospective on the making of Tie Fighter John Struan

climate change UK officials blame asthmatics for the carbon footprints of 180,000 cars Thom Dunn

toronto Leaked document reveals that Sidewalk Labs' Toronto plans for private taxation, private roads, charter schools, corporate cops and judges, and punishment for people who choose privacy Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The Black Ghost: superhero noir comic starring an antiestablishment vigilante and a hacktivist sidekick Alex Segura and Monica Gallagher

cephalopods Octopus changes color while asleep, possibly dreaming Clive Thompson

gop Washington state rep Matt Shea secretly backed and organized terror-training camps to create child soldiers to fight in a race war Cory Doctorow

Japan Akira to be re-released in high definition Seamus Bellamy

finance The rent's less damned high: rents falling in most of America's most expensive cities Cory Doctorow

wikileaks What it was like ghostwriting for Julian Assange Mark Frauenfelder

music Seattle mainstay musician Shawn Smith of Brad, Satchel, and Pigeonhed, RIP David Pescovitz

Gadgets As sports company abandons support for "smart" basketball, Nike pushes a software update that bricks its self-tying shoes Cory Doctorow

crime 5 dead and 5 police officers shot in Illinois mass shooting; gunman also dead Rob Beschizza

security Bug in reservation system used by 140+ international airlines exposes passenger data and allows for manipulation Cory Doctorow

politics Nancy Pelosi becomes Speaker of The House, 116th Congress is most diverse ever Xeni Jardin

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