records Oldest living man dies at 112 Rob Beschizza

puzzles A surprising solution to the (in)famous "Cross the Network" puzzle Mark Frauenfelder

animation Watch this award-winning stop-motion short film about the second oldest man in the world Thom Dunn

discoveries 41,000+ year old string may have been made by Neanderthals Gareth Branwyn

health Woman, 107, recovers from coronavirus Xeni Jardin

poetry The oldest written record of "fuck" has been discovered — and it comes from a plague quarantine Thom Dunn

Business A visit to the world's oldest surviving video rental store David Pescovitz

useful stuff Interview with Douglas Rushkoff Mark Frauenfelder

health Indiana’s oldest state employee retiring at 102 Xeni Jardin

fish Florida man catches 350 pound grouper with a hook and line David Pescovitz

photography This is the first known family photo taken at Stonehenge David Pescovitz

censorship UK's oldest ISP blames DoS attack on attempt to suppress human rights report about West Papua (read it now!) Cory Doctorow

politics Secret Service spent over $250,000 at Trump properties in first half of 2017 alone Xeni Jardin

fbi The FBI encouraged a white supremacist to bomb a synagogue Thom Dunn

books Archaeologists in Egypt discovered one of the first illustrated books in history David Pescovitz

Games Review / Control Rob Beschizza

zoology Paris zoo opens a new exhibit with an immortal mutant slime mold called "The Blob" Thom Dunn

Science World's oldest leftovers found in Israel cave. Guess what food? Xeni Jardin

art A lovely film of spinning tops by Charles and Ray Eames David Pescovitz

photography Visiting the dead on Google Street View David Pescovitz