happy mutants Gâteau Gato, a zoetrope of cat confections Rusty Blazenhoff

burning man This psychedelic Nyan Cat art car is headed to Burning Man to dole out 'toaster pastries' and 'phat beats' Rusty Blazenhoff

art Sculptor creates the world's tiniest chess set, the size of a thumbtack David Pescovitz

coronavirus Coronavirus: These airlines are suspending flights Xeni Jardin

happy mutant I chatted with Danny Elfman about his new MasterClass, and his ventriloquist dummy "Buddy" Rusty Blazenhoff

serious business Blogging is hard, learns Gawker's new bosses Rob Beschizza

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

nra NRA dumps its ad firm, TV crew and Dana Loesch Rob Beschizza

politics Read the full text of the Mueller report here, as redacted by Barr Xeni Jardin

Business Microsoft confirms 'Bing is currently inaccessible in China' Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Scenes from the Bangalore Literature Festival Jasmina Tesanovic

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

happy mutants Ghanaian parliament erupts into giggles as MPs learn about towns called "Vagina is Wise," "Penis is a Fool" and "Testicles are Sad" Cory Doctorow

web theory China has perfected the internet control playbook and now it's exporting it to the world Cory Doctorow

politics Massive brawl in Parliament of Uganda includes impressive chair-catching Andrea James

plastic bags Getting caught with a plastic bag in Kenya can land you in jail for 4 years Carla Sinclair