toys The top that (almost) never stops Michael Borys

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world record Watch woman limbo under car! David Pescovitz

security U.S. State Department to tell Americans abroad: Return immediately, or shelter in place Xeni Jardin

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

humor Dante's Hell re-imagined as linguistic sins Gareth Branwyn

politics Trump impeachment heads to Senate, but… Xeni Jardin

Business Youtube copyright trolls Adrev claim to own a homemade MIDI rendition of 1899's Flight of the Bumblebee Cory Doctorow

Journalism After a police raid, a Nicaraguan cartoonist has found sanctuary in the United States Thom Dunn

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

Copyfight Judge rules that EFF's DRM lawsuit can proceed! Cory Doctorow

canada Never Trust a Nation Seamus Bellamy

uk On Grenfell's second anniversary, 60,000 Britons are still living in firetraps clad in the same deadly, decorative materials Cory Doctorow

picks Trump will sign funding bill and declare national emergency in attempt to fund border wall Xeni Jardin

Entertainment Watch: 'LIMBO,' ambient video loop by Bill Domonkos of 20 (real) death masks Xeni Jardin

holes Museum visitor injured after stepping into pit he thought was a painting on the floor Mark Frauenfelder

television The Jerry Springer Show ends production Rob Beschizza

corruption Defense contractors already making millions off detention of immigrant kids in #TrumpsCamps Xeni Jardin