Science Trump's pick for EPA pollution czar says kids are less sensitive to pollution than adults Cory Doctorow

linguistics A great fucking explanation of expletive in-fucking-sertion Thom Dunn

politics Trump lies, 'They’ve come up with the AIDS vaccine' Xeni Jardin

News Meet Rahul Dubey, 'absolute legend' who sheltered ~70 protestors inside his home for 8 hours overnight Xeni Jardin

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

guns A fascinating computer analysis of the linguistic context around the 2nd Amendment Thom Dunn

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

News UPDATED: Tony Robbins accused of sexually assaulting high schooler at summer camp Xeni Jardin

youtube Horace Goes Copyright Striking Rob Beschizza

climate change UK officials blame asthmatics for the carbon footprints of 180,000 cars Thom Dunn

halloween Which of these Halloween baguettes is the scariest? Thom Dunn

World Mental Health Day It’s World Mental Health Day: A primer on depression for the public-at-large Maureen Herman

security William Barr's terrible, stupid idea to ban working crypto is slightly less terrible and stupid than earlier ideas Cory Doctorow

corruption How the "prosperity gospel" convinces poor people to give everything to grifty millionaire preachers Cory Doctorow

Business In 2008 "synthetic CDOs" destroyed the global economy, and now they're back Cory Doctorow

eu We lost the fight for balance in the EU's Copyright Directive, but here's what we won Cory Doctorow

rock'em sock'em robots The Themis Files: humanity races to kill itself before the aliens can Jason Weisberger

psychedelic A handful of psychedelic "Atlantis" mushrooms in Amsterdam Jason Weisberger

canada My life on the road: A lost passport, no ID, and bullshit paperwork trying to get back to Canada Seamus Bellamy

corruption TSA: the fact that our secret surveillance program hasn't caught anyone means it's working Cory Doctorow