australia Qantas flies passengers around for 19 hours in the name of science. Seamus Bellamy

evolution These volcano-dwelling snails are metal as hell, and also have iron shells. Thom Dunn

horror The Mind Thing, by Fredric Brown: excellent pulp-era science fiction Mark Frauenfelder

social distancing Annalee Newitz looks at the Great Plague of London and 17th century social distancing Gareth Branwyn

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

charity Charitable Giving Guide 2019 Boing Boing

nazis Leaked audio allegedly captures racist tirade by Nazi media darling Richard Spencer Rob Beschizza

christ what an asshole "The Tragedy of the Commons": how ecofascism was smuggled into mainstream thought Cory Doctorow

health People with diabetes are scouring the internet for a discontinued insulin pump that can be reprogrammed as an "artificial pancreas" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Tim Maughan's Infinite Detail: a debut sf novel about counterculture, resistance, and the post-internet apocalypse Cory Doctorow

fake news Wacko Jacko “Perv” proof, Queen shafts Prince Charles, and Angie “anorexic” (again) in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

wonderful creatures Bug bombs useless for killing roaches: study Rob Beschizza

Copyfight Blame authors' fortunes on monopolism, not university professors, booksellers and librarians — UPDATED Cory Doctorow

charity Charitable Giving Guide 2018 Boing Boing

happy mutants Scenes from the Bangalore Literature Festival Jasmina Tesanovic

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

addiction Public ignorance about “drunk/drugged up losers” is expensive and deadly Maureen Herman

MIT cuts ties with company promising to provide digital immortality after killing you David Pescovitz

security Internet of Battle Things: a militarized IoT where "cognitive bandwidth constraints" require "autonomous cyber agents" Cory Doctorow

animals Octopus attacks and kills a dolphin from within, while being eaten Clive Thompson