make your own rules POGs: the Passionfruit-Orange-Guava juice origin of current-era "Poggers" Jason Weisberger

animals An author wrote a beautiful tribute to his late dog disguised as writing advice Thom Dunn

sports Owen Morse sets hang gliding world record for piloting 222.22 miles over California's Owens Valley Xeni Jardin

vehicles UK to allow electric scooters on roads, but only if you rent one Rob Beschizza

puzzles My trip through the Starmaze: a world in the 9th dimension Jane Frauenfelder

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facebook Over 30 ex-Facebook employees slam Zuckerberg's inaction on harmful political posts in open letter Carla Sinclair

interviews Talking adventure games with Olivia Wood Jeffery Klaehn

politics DNC warns states: delay primaries to June and we'll cut your delegates Rob Beschizza

copyright A federal judge declared that a famous song about public property is still private property Thom Dunn

tabloids Your dollar bills could kill you, and Prince Andrew tries to kill himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan

brexit After Brexit, Britain may finally lose its Marbles — specifically the ones they stole from Greece Thom Dunn

police Chicago PD's predictive policing tool has been shut down after 8 years of catastrophically bad results Cory Doctorow

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow

card games My favorite new game, KnifeTank: The Shüffling, is now on Kickstarter Gareth Branwyn

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

mckinsey McKinsey's internal mythology compares management consultants to "the Marine Corps, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Jesuits" Cory Doctorow

Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2019 Gareth Branwyn

Business Genetic genealogy company Gedmatch acquired by company with ties to FBI & law enforcement—why you should be worried Jennifer Lynch

Business Mint: late-stage adversarial interoperability demonstrates what we had (and what we lost) Cory Doctorow