halloween So much great vintage Halloween stuff at my local flea market this month Rusty Blazenhoff

Gadgets Lytepop Electrolyte Infused Popcorn is an organic, low-calorie, gluten-free and tasty treat Boing Boing's Shop

News UK calls in army in COVID-19 fight, NHS staff feel like 'cannon fodder' over lack of coronavirus protection Xeni Jardin

kickstarter Jane Metcalfe, co-founder NEO.LIFE, has a cool upcoming book Mark Frauenfelder

Science The 2019 Halloween Candy Hierarchy David Ng and Ben Cohen

Copyfight Podcast of Affordances: a new science fiction story that climbs the terrible technology adoption curve Cory Doctorow

Copyfight "Affordances": a new science fiction story that climbs the terrible technology adoption curve Cory Doctorow

books Permanent Record: Edward Snowden and the making of a whistleblower Cory Doctorow

German Shepherd doggo gently munches carrot Xeni Jardin

Clooney’s divorce, Obama’s divorce, and the truth about Brad & Jen, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

law Germany demands an end to working cryptography Cory Doctorow

explainer videos How embassies work Mark Frauenfelder

fake news The Queen dying, Brad Pitt’s bigamy, and official approval for hand jobs, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics More reports emerge that Amy Klobuchar is awful to staff, especially when hangry Xeni Jardin

spooks Latvia opens up its KGB files and names 4,000+ "informants," many of whom claim they were framed Cory Doctorow

happy mutant Find the cuss words in these delightfully subversive 'swearing patterns' Rusty Blazenhoff

designer humans Could we accidentally bestow human-style awareness into a pig? Arwen Elys Dayton

surveillance Oh for fuck's sake, not this fucking bullshit again (cryptography edition) Cory Doctorow

Japan Bee spit is the special sauce in this Japanese Voice Care Candy Thersa Matsuura

class war Does capitalism breed greed, or elevate the greedy? Cory Doctorow