wow This is one lucky, lucky strike Rusty Blazenhoff

gold Meet a lone prospector who pans for gold and actually finds it David Pescovitz

corruption Using data-science to evaluate whether Xi Jinping's anti-corruption sweeps were really about consolidating power Cory Doctorow

corruption How the NYPD recriminalized marijuana after the state decriminalized it Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Survivor, a story from Black Candies: The Eighties Sarah LaBrie

fake news Where ISIS will strike next, FBI grills Malia Obama, and Prince Charles is a Killer, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Kids Photographer upconverted this lightning photo to 5.45 gigapixels Andrea James

1990s The glorious inelegance of the 1990s family computer Jess Kimble Leslie

web theory To understand trumpism, study the self-professed "betas" of 4chan Cory Doctorow

picks Origins of Trump family fortune traced to Canada brothel during Gold Rush era Xeni Jardin

media Tabloid warning: "Children with soulless black eyes terrorize residents foolish enough to let them in" Peter Sheridan

Space Moon Photography 101 Michael Borys

offworld Offworld Monday Reflection: Desert wars, desert horror, and Encarta on acid Leigh Alexander

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

Entertainment Better Call Saul reveals the tortured origin of Mike Ehrmantraut K.M. McFarland

Science The day I met a creationist at the science conference Kiki Sanford

books A horror novel that looks like an IKEA catalog Mark Frauenfelder

rats The Rat King: On the Fascinations (and Revulsions) of Rattus Mark Dery