picks My polonium-powered Lone Ranger Atomic Bomb Ring Jason Weisberger

music Things I miss: when the William Tell Overture was cool Jason Weisberger

Games Secret games to play when you're bored in public John Struan

Copyfight Minnesota Public Radio sent us one of the weirdest legal threats we've ever received (and they won't explain it) Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Brian K Vaughan and Cliff Chiang bring Paper Girls in for a perfect landing Cory Doctorow

crime Lessons from testing decades of forgotten rape kits: serial rapists are common, they don't follow a pattern, they're not very bright, and they're often the same men who commit acquaintance rape Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Wil Wheaton's "Dead Trees Give No Shelter": terrifying tale, beautifully told Cory Doctorow

happy mutants How to Do Nothing: Jenny Odell's case for resisting "The Attention Economy" Cory Doctorow

twiki Great moments in Buck Rogers: Twiki offers a toast Jason Weisberger

books Paper Girls 5: fate and free will (and dinosaurs and monsters) Cory Doctorow

nostalgia 'The Amazing Spiderman Web Shooter' was a favorite childhood toy Jason Weisberger

abandonment Babysitter leaves toddler on stranger's doorstep and drives off Carla Sinclair

crime The National Park Service's version of the FBI is no joke David Pescovitz

happy mutants The OZORA music festival is a psychedelic tribal gathering I keep coming back to Ferdinando Buscema

Don’t be like the #PlaneBae people Rob Beschizza

facebook Facebook support groups packed with predatory marketers Rob Beschizza

law Rancher takes feds to court over camera they placed on his property without permission Seamus Bellamy

psychology Psychological asymmetry – why we feel lonley and odd Mark Frauenfelder

Games Fictional Bad Games: what if they still rushed every hot movie to the NES in time for Christmas? Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Paper Girls volume 3: the all-girl, time-traveling Stranger Things gets even better Cory Doctorow