uc berkeley College course on "adulting" so popular it's now turning students away Rusty Blazenhoff

law A mysterious nonprofit made millions suing companies to put California cancer warnings on coffee Cory Doctorow

picks Emails show Berkeley police celebrated 'retweets' & 'engagements' from protester mugshots cops posted on social media Xeni Jardin

california A squirrel named Furry Boi wins UC Berkeley student senate seat Rusty Blazenhoff

protest UC Berkeley chancellor installs office "escape door" as security measure against protesters David Pescovitz

Space Astronomer, NASA advisor, and serial sexual harasser Geoff Marcy to resign from UC Berkeley Xeni Jardin

art How a Black woman turned quilting into a surprisingly radical art form Thom Dunn

phishing scams Anatomy of a rental phishing scam Mark Frauenfelder

Technology How Pong's inventor gave Woz a hack to bring color to the Apple II David Pescovitz

mars or bust How nanowires and bacteria can create organic compounds on Mars. Just add water. Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants Children are becoming snail mail pen pals with Fairyland "elves" in this time of social distancing Rusty Blazenhoff

books How To Train Your Robot, a free kids book by an engineer and his 10-year-old daughter David Pescovitz

Science CLIMATE: 2019 was hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA report Xeni Jardin

class war Top tech grads are increasingly unwilling to work for Big Tech, viewing it as a new, unethical Wall Street Cory Doctorow

books A profile of Cliff "Cuckoo's Egg" Stoll, a pioneering "hacker hunter" Cory Doctorow

music Short documentary about famous live concert bootlegger David Pescovitz

Copyfight China wants to lead the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization Cory Doctorow

censorship Genetic Evasion: using genetic algorithms to beat state-level internet censorship Cory Doctorow