animals A police dog is running against the goat incumbent mayor of a small Vermont town Thom Dunn

charity Charitable Giving Guide 2019 Boing Boing

LGBTQ Microsoft employees want to starve its PAC, which keeps giving money to homophobic, racist, climate-denying Republicans Cory Doctorow

Science The Reality Bubble: how humanity's collective blindspots render us incapable of seeing danger until it's too late (and what to do about it) Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole The "Tragedy of the Commons" was invented by a white supremacist based on a false history, and it's toxic bullshit Cory Doctorow

Food Court strikes down Iowa's unconstitutional ag-gag law Cory Doctorow

Culture Norway increased its whaling quota for no good reason Seamus Bellamy

Environment Environmentalists sue White House for access to withheld public records on pesticide use Seamus Bellamy

Science If humans gave up on geoengineering after 50 years, it could be far worse than if we had done nothing at all Cory Doctorow

Science The CDC is why you and your loved ones aren't dead. Trump just banned them from using the phrase "science-based." Cory Doctorow

corruption Donald Trump will re-legalize importing endangered elephants' ivory and severed heads Cory Doctorow

animals The Onion wonders if animals should have more eyes Rob Beschizza

podcasts How motivated skepticism strengthens incorrect beliefs David McRaney

happy mutants It’s about Time: Reading Steampunk’s Rise and Roots Rachel A. Bowser and Brian Croxall

Delightful Creatures America's Snake: The Rise and Fall of the Timber Rattlesnake Ted Levin

law Watch Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's creepy recorded apology to Australia Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Kickstarting the next Girl Genius collection Cory Doctorow

shitbags Boxer-turned-politician Manny Pacquiao says gays “worse than animals,” apologizes lamely Xeni Jardin

k9 unit Ohio K9 police officer and dog will be allowed to retire together Jason Weisberger

books Best older kid's literature from 1966 Joshua Glenn