china In-depth investigation of the Alibaba-to-Instagram pipeline for scammy crapgadgets with excellent branding Cory Doctorow

Business A Chinese vitamin MLM cult is replacing healthcare for poor Ugandans Cory Doctorow

Business John Oliver shreds multi-level-marketing pyramid schemes Cory Doctorow

law How a billionaire GOP rainmaker tried (and failed) to rewrite history by suing Mother Jones Cory Doctorow

music Japanese railway melodies played on pocket calculators David Pescovitz

Weird Man trampled by startled deer in McDonalds parking lot Xeni Jardin

us news With crossbow, 'Good Samaritan' accidentally kills man he was trying to save from 2 pit bulls' attack Xeni Jardin

music Watch: 9-year-old girl kills Nirvana's 'In Bloom' on drums Carla Sinclair

doodle artists A 9-year-old boy who was told by his teacher to stop doodling gets a job as a doodler Carla Sinclair

san francicisco San Franciscans happily house Oregonian searching for his lost dog 'Yippy' Jason Weisberger

Japan Impressive Japanese manga cosplay by pro cosplayer Leon Chiro Xeni Jardin

administrative cruelty After ICE raid, children left homeless and without food Mark Frauenfelder

late stage capitalism MLMs are cults that prey on moms, Mormons and the military Cory Doctorow

corruption Baltimore mayor 'may have fled' Maryland after FBI-IRS raid Xeni Jardin

star wars Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge will include an animatronic Hondo Ohnaka Jason Weisberger

Kids Watch a waterjet device for firefighters cut through steel to battle blazes Andrea James

the handmaid's tale Catholic school to hand out ‘modesty ponchos’ to girls at prom wearing ‘revealing’ dresses Mark Frauenfelder

News Full Text: GOP Nunes memo released over FBI and Justice objections Xeni Jardin

politics Reporters at U.S. Capitol told they are not allowed to film interviews with senators in hallways Xeni Jardin

grammar Why you shouldn't be a grammar snob Caroline Siede