offworld Mobile game of the week: You Must Build a Boat Laura Hudson

Games Mac OS X ported to the Nintendo Wii Rob Beschizza

youtube Google's AI-generated Super Bowl ad is no gouda, and gets a secret re-edit Thom Dunn

Science "Demonic" 666 found in massive palindromic prime number Mark Frauenfelder

ants How to choose between white caulk and black caulk Thom Dunn

star wars STAR WARS supercut of every time someone says "Star" or "Wars" Thom Dunn

Funny If Blink-182 was a classic Broadway musical Thom Dunn

cover songs "Stacy's Mom" performed on bagpipes in the shower Thom Dunn

Funny How to make the perfect chocolate chip cookies while being spied on by the government Thom Dunn

Funny If Romeo and Juliet took place at a Dunkin Donuts in Boston Thom Dunn

music Hold music for the Death Star's customer service line Thom Dunn

satire Weird Al autotuned the first Presidential "debate" and turned it into "America Is Doomed: The Musical" Thom Dunn

religion Gods from Space: fascinating short video about a religion sparked by extraterrestrials David Pescovitz

trump Guerilla artists are installing statues to celebrate Trump's historic legacy as a "destroyer of civil rights and liberties" Thom Dunn

surveillance Police databases contain the faces of nearly half of Americans Mark Frauenfelder

apple Apple reverses ban on HKmap.live app tracking Hong Kong protests & police Xeni Jardin

apple Apple bans an app because Hong Kong protesters might use it to avoid the murderous, out of control police Cory Doctorow

Weird New York Times: Navy pilots reported a rash of strange UFO encounters David Pescovitz

Japan New York Times investigates Japan's lowrider culture Mark Frauenfelder

toys Donating unwanted LEGO to someone less fortunate is a great way to bring more joy to the world Séamus Bellamy