offworld Old Sierra adventure games transformed into lovely glitch screens Laura Hudson

News SUV plows into BLM protest in NYC's Times Square, similar potentially deadly attacks happening around U.S. Xeni Jardin

sports Owen Morse sets hang gliding world record for piloting 222.22 miles over California's Owens Valley Xeni Jardin

science fiction Here's the trailer for "The Vast of Night," a 1950s sci-fi thriller on Amazon Prime Video Mark Frauenfelder

Shotguns and Accordions: the 1970s marijuana music of Colombia David Pescovitz

apple A software update has given new life to my ancient MacBook Air Seamus Bellamy

white supremacy Ecofascism isn't new: white supremacy and exterminism have always lurked in the environmental movement Cory Doctorow

glam Triple Chaser: a short documentary that uses machine learning to document tear gas use against civilians, calling out "philanthropist" Warren Kanders for his company's war-crimes Cory Doctorow

music Video for Patti Smith's gorgeous tribute to avant-garde poet/dramatist Antonin Artaud David Pescovitz

gold Meet a lone prospector who pans for gold and actually finds it David Pescovitz

computer revolution On re-reading Tracy Kidder's The Soul of a New Machine Mark Frauenfelder

Science California lawmakers vote to make electricity emissions-free by 2045 Xeni Jardin

music Impressive musical demonstration of a kashaka Andrea James

apple Apple releases firmware fix for heat-related throttling issue with newest MacBook Pros Ken Snider

Kids Watch morning light turn Yosemite Falls into a stunning rainbow Andrea James

california LA's high-tech, thoughtful water management is cause for cautious optimism about adapting to climate change Cory Doctorow

california For sale: (1) California ghost town Rusty Blazenhoff

politics The EPA paid $1,560 for 12 fountain pens David Pescovitz

ebola We've got to stop turning our backs on Ebola Seamus Bellamy

Games A brief oral history of classic point-and-click adventure The Dagger of Amon Ra Rob Beschizza