commercials Watch the very first Pizza Hut commercial from 1965 Thom Dunn

cookie monster Waze's Cookie Monster voice is the only thing keeping me sane right now Thom Dunn

fantasy Excellent review of Jack Vance's "Tales of the Dying Earth" Mark Frauenfelder

b-side Scientists train rats to drive little cars to collect food, and the rats like it Mark Frauenfelder

Science Rats trained to drive tiny cars in pursuit of Froot Loops David Pescovitz

security One Weird Law That Interferes With Security Research, Remix Culture, and Even Car Repair Kit Walsh

happy mutants Sarah Pinsker's "Song for a New Day": outstanding dystopian rock-and-roll novel of rebellion and redemption Cory Doctorow

corruption Facebook hate group investigation reveals 400 police officers, including NYPD cops, to be members Xeni Jardin

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

Space Miniature space janitors to sweep up orbiting debris David Pescovitz

security Researchers find mountains of sensitive data on totalled Teslas in junkyards Cory Doctorow

fake news Royal bombshells, Obama’s boozing daughter, and if Star Trek’s Captain Kirk was a cat, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Copyfight Happy Public Domain day: for real, for the first time in 20 years! Cory Doctorow

politics Sheryl Sandberg ordered Facebook staff to investigate George Soros after he gave THIS speech (READ IT) Xeni Jardin

Business Ford CEO frankly admits that the car of the future is a surveillance device that you pay to spy on you Cory Doctorow

Dungeons and Dragons What's new in tabletop gaming (November edition) Gareth Branwyn

Entertainment Weird details you probably missed in Disney movies Xeni Jardin

burning man Federal officers establish unconstitutional checkpoints on road to Burning Man Cory Doctorow

booze To boldly drink and regret the night before: there's Star Trek vodka to be had Seamus Bellamy

Business With the App Store monopoly case, the Supreme Court could reverse decades of frustrated antitrust enforcement Cory Doctorow