photography This lynx became buddies with cameraman after spending months together in the Canadian north Seamus Bellamy
occupy Seattle activists have established a 6-block autonomous zone around an abandoned police station Thom Dunn
podcasts A new podcast explores the CIA's involvement with writing a hit song for the Scorpions Thom Dunn
Weird North Carolina couple call cops on midnight intruder that turns out to be their robot vacuum Xeni Jardin
authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow
crime The bizarre story of China's most prolific bank-robbers, who stole literal tons of cash and spent it on losing lotto tickets Cory Doctorow
corruption Defense contractors gleefully report record earnings in divisions that bid on "classified" projects, the fastest-growing part of the Pentagon's budget Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Tiki bar pulls thousands of dollars from ceiling and walls, donates it Rusty Blazenhoff
corruption Trump's signature tax break for poor people went to subsidize a superyacht marina in Florida Cory Doctorow