police violence A US Air Force Sergeant linked to Boogaloo Bois charged with killing police officer Thom Dunn
Science Randall "XKCD" Munroe has a New York Times column where he answers weird science questions Cory Doctorow
books HOW TO: XKCD's Randall Munroe finds the humor in taking silly questions very, very seriously Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Announcing: the tour for "How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems," Randall "XKCD" Munroe's next book Cory Doctorow
corporate bullies Caterpillar Inc. sends cease and desist to Cat and Cloud Coffee shop Mark Frauenfelder
vaccination Entitled anti-vaxxers weasel around California law to dangerously enroll their kids in school Jason Weisberger
books Rudy Rucker's latest steampunk novel: "Return to the Hollow Earth," a voyage starring Santa Cruz hippies and Edgar Allan Poe Cory Doctorow
education UC Santa Cruz asks professors to rent their spare rooms to students who couldn't get housing guarantees Cory Doctorow
obituary R.I.P. Koko, the amazing gorilla who used sign language to communicate with humans Rusty Blazenhoff
books Support Rudy Rucker's Kickstarter for his new book "Return to the Hollow Earth" David Pescovitz
life on earth Lichens never looked more beautiful than they do in this short film about a curator of lichens at the University of California. Mark Frauenfelder
Robert Anton Wilson A review of Cosmic Trigger, a play based on Robert Anton Wilson's autobiography Ferdinando Buscema