alan spencer SF Bay Area: Sledge Hammer's 30th Hammerversary is this SUNDAY! Jason Weisberger

tabloids Adjectival overload, and the tabloids finally get one right, in this week’s round-up of the rags Peter Sheridan

Gadgets Tesla just announced a… DeLorean Monster Truck? Rob Beschizza

surveillance The New York Times's chilling multimedia package on China's use of "smart city" tech to create an open-air prison Cory Doctorow

music Spotify's antitrust complaint against Apple is a neat parable about Big Tech's monopoly Cory Doctorow

Fantastic 80s They could have stopped making rock videos after Peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer' Jason Weisberger

film Must-see bizarro viewing: Boots Riley's 'Sorry to Bother You' Rusty Blazenhoff

Business EFF on Cockygate: trademark trolls vs romance literature Cory Doctorow

attacks Madman attacks car and passenger with a sledgehammer Carla Sinclair

nightmares Behold the official policy for destroying the head of Chuck E Cheese Rob Beschizza

security How landscape architects fight the last war while designing against mass shootings Cory Doctorow

religion Atheists should be “hunted down vehemently” by authorities, says Malaysian minister Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Crime funnies: helmeted robbers' sledgehammers can't break jewelry store glass Cory Doctorow

History Life, Death, Ego and Eternity Bill Barol

ghostbusters Zuul the ankylosaur bears likeness to 'Ghostbusters' namesake Jason Weisberger

toilet rescue Woman gets hand stuck in toilet, fire department called to break it Mark Frauenfelder

music Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer as a '50s rhythm and blues song Andrea James

parody Stephen King's Peanuts Andrea James

Business 2016 sucked so much, it made "Anger Rooms" where you pay to smash things go viral Cory Doctorow