happy mutants Free online course: how to write and read fake news Cory Doctorow

mean monkey monday A very angry macaque monkey on a motorcycle tried to steal a human child in Jakarta Thom Dunn

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

halloween The CIA is offering…privacy advice? For trick-or-treaters? WTF? Thom Dunn

Science Prehistoric poop reveals person ate entire venomous snake, including a fang David Pescovitz

Business Bitcoin's high valuation has ruined it as a medium of exchange Cory Doctorow

News Terror in Paradise: 'I Got the Hawaii Missile Message and Prepared to Die' Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Tim O'Reilly's WTF? A book that tells us how to keep the technology baby and throw out the Big Tech bathwater Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Tim O'Reilly explains how self-driving cars will bankrupt Uber Cory Doctorow

happy mutants William Gibson interviewed: Archangel, the Jackpot, and the instantly commodifiable dreamtime of industrial societies Cory Doctorow

ride-sharing Grassroots hitchhiking system called Casual Carpool is a $1 substitute for Uber Mark Frauenfelder

Japan Why is KFC a Christmas tradition in Japan? David Pescovitz

media Trump’s wild imaginings promulgated in tabloids alongside equally fact-challenged celebrity “news” Peter Sheridan

movies Why jump scares suck, and why there is still hope for them Mark Frauenfelder

Inventory Shrinkage Rite-Aid dares you to steal this candy bar Mark Frauenfelder

News #Dallas shooting: 11 police officers shot, 5 killed, 1 civilian injured. 2 shooters made bomb threat. Xeni Jardin

Delightful Creatures Why it is a very bad idea to keep a lynx as a pet Mark Frauenfelder

design Google's former "design ethicist" on "How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds" David Pescovitz

design Why we need a new kind of design discipline for on-demand platforms David Pescovitz

Delightful Creatures Raccoon tries to wash cotton candy, but it dissolves instantly Mark Frauenfelder