tea How much more black can Barry's Gold Blend be? Jason Weisberger

cats Cat revealed to be total dingus Xeni Jardin

music THE BUREAU: Part Seven, "Lockdown in the Building, News of an Active Shooter Near the Cafeteria" — with Mr Quintron's Circuit-Bent Guitars Ethan Persoff

geoengineering Supercharging farm-soil to hoover up atmospheric carbon Clive Thompson

fake news Michael Jackson is alive, Hillary is boozing, and a Buckingham Palace Sex Ring, in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

halloween The 2017 Halloween Candy Hierarchy: Definitely Not Fake News David Ng and Ben Cohen

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

happy mutants How to protect the future web from its founders' own frailty Cory Doctorow

books Read: Strategic Dog Patterning, a story from "Why I Hunt Flying Saucers" Hugh AD Spencer

dogs Meeting Cow Dog Xeni Jardin

Gadgets You're inflating your tires wrong. Here's how to do it right, and save up to $500 a year. rjcjr

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

40 of the world's weirdest flowers Nadina Hughes

Mein Führer, I can walk! Gareth Branwyn

Gadgets Apple Watch announced alongside new, larger iPhone Boing Boing

Borg Like Me Gareth Branwyn

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