offworld Having Vin Diesel as your dungeon master is really soothing Leigh Alexander

Gadgets The Trainz Railroad Simulator will make you feel like a master of the rails Boing Boing's Shop

gross polluters Reality TV stars of Diesel Brothers fined $850,000 for removing smog prevention devices from trucks Mark Frauenfelder

Technology As gas tax revenues drop, states like Utah want EVs to pay for road upkeep Xeni Jardin

canada Canada's infrastructure was once cheap and effective to build. Now, it's a titanic transfer from taxpayers to the world's biggest businesses and investors Rosemary Frei

Robert Anton Wilson Wilson and Shea's Illuminatus! trilogy to become TV series Gareth Branwyn

makers Maker Faire: A “Bright Spot” for the Future Dale Dougherty

happy mutants Kickstarting gorgeous mechanical metal models Cory Doctorow

Entertainment Can you guess the meaning of these Droodles? Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Hannu Rajaniemi's Summerland: a midcentury spy thriller, with the afterlife Cory Doctorow

electronics A bicycle snob takes on an e-bike Dave Tolnai

Business PWC recommended that corporations should ask science fiction writers about the future Cory Doctorow

travel My life on the road: stranded in Wyoming Seamus Bellamy

Food My Life on the Road: Headed to Texas – chicken and booze in Bozeman Seamus Bellamy

canada My Life on the Road: Headed for Texas, crazy cold in Claresholm Seamus Bellamy

canada Let me tell you about living my life on the road Seamus Bellamy

fake news This week’s tabloids! With extra exclamation points!! Peter Sheridan

music Start your monday with this enormous Scottish foghorn Rob Beschizza

video games Red Dead Redemption II's latest trailer reminds me which gaming console I'm supposed to buy Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants Empire Games: Charlie Stross starts a new phase in the Merchant Princes series, blending spycraft, Leninist thought experiments, and parallel dimensions Cory Doctorow