burning man This psychedelic Nyan Cat art car is headed to Burning Man to dole out 'toaster pastries' and 'phat beats' Rusty Blazenhoff
writing tools The Writers' Co-op is a great new podcast about how to make your freelance writing career work Thom Dunn
happy mutant I chatted with Danny Elfman about his new MasterClass, and his ventriloquist dummy "Buddy" Rusty Blazenhoff
facebook A San Diego Republican operator ran a massive, multimillion-dollar Facebook scam that targeted boomers Cory Doctorow
open source 3D printing stethoscopes, tourniquets and crucial dialysis-machine parts in Gaza Clive Thompson
Roadside Attractions Paul Bunyan and other fiberglass advertising giants ride again at Bell Plastics in Hayward California Janelle Hessig
class war Kenyans from "the toughest neighborhood on earth" trace pixels all day to train autonomous vehicles Cory Doctorow
News North Korea: Operatives exploited Facebook, LinkedIn, other social media sites to get money and dodge sanctions Xeni Jardin
News Tabloid roundup: Obama's real birth certificate, a spy in the White House, murder charges for an aging star, and more! Peter Sheridan
privacy How Kenyan spies and cops use electronic surveillance for illegal murder and torture squads Cory Doctorow
police Bureau of Justice Statistics release new, accurate police killing numbers that are double the historic estimates Cory Doctorow
politics Watch Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Tim Kaine, Mike Bloomberg speeches at 2016 DNC (Video) Xeni Jardin