Science Did climate change cause Hurricane Sandy? The answer depends on why you're asking Maggie Koerth

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music Shut-in sounds: 33 of the best industrial albums Gareth Branwyn

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Gadgets This Pocket-Sized Smoking Tool Holds Everything You Need for a Quick Hit Boing Boing's Shop

trump Texas teacher who tweeted Trump her school was 'taken over' by 'illegal students from Mexico' may be fired Xeni Jardin

Games GameShell: hackable portable game console for indie devs and retrogame fans Rob Beschizza

food of the gods How chocolate is made in Guatemala Mark Frauenfelder

AI Collecting all the ethical principles for robots, from Asimov to the trade union movement Cory Doctorow

uber Comprehensive roundup of articles about Uber's awfulness Rob Beschizza

art Great works of 16th-20th century art painted with ground-up mummies David Pescovitz

History Poet/bureaucrat's moving report of the 1921 demise of America's most notorious wolf Cory Doctorow

media Vladimir Putin is a vampire and other breaking news from the tabloids Peter Sheridan

media Most shocking true crimes of 2015 and other holiday delights in the tabloids Peter Sheridan

canada Every terrible thing Canada's Stephen Harper government has done in the past four years Cory Doctorow

canada How the NDP and Liberals can defeat the Tories: a data-driven approach Cory Doctorow

offworld Weird dinosaurs, haberdashery and second-kills Leigh Alexander