scholarship A once-respected academic games conference has turned into such a dumpster fire that Steve Bannon is keynoting it now Cory Doctorow

trees Trial begins for men accused of chopping down famous tree in England Rob Beschizza

politics Why is the Federal government working for Tesla? Jason Weisberger

websites Convert normal text to Unicode homoglyphs to look silly, cool or clever Rob Beschizza

Comics "You'll Do Bad Things" might be the most gorgeous horror comic you read this year Thom Dunn

books Lost sci-fi masterpieces return with stunning cover designs by cartoonist Seth Mark Frauenfelder

bbc BBC republishes strange werewolf news segment lost since the 70s Thom Dunn

voter suppression Mail ballots destroyed by arsonist in Democratic-leaning Arizona county Ellsworth Toohey

fantasy Peter Bebergal's "Appendix N" in a revised, expanded edition Gareth Branwyn

elon musk "They're such NPCs" — Why Elon Musk thinks you're not real Mark Frauenfelder

los angeles Cop punches woman in face, then arrests her to justify it Rob Beschizza

san francisco Mrs. Roper Bar Crawl brings 'Three's Company' landlady to the streets of San Francisco Rusty Blazenhoff

criminals Illinois judge fired for misconduct after circumventing law to reverse rape conviction Rob Beschizza

Twitter 2.0: Attack of the Bots Elon Musk has taken to praising himself with burner accounts on his personal social media network Jason Weisberger

politics Trump attacks Governor Sununu for insufficient loyalty Mark Frauenfelder

punk rock Revisiting the Clash's American debut: The 45th anniversary of "Give 'Em Enough Rope" Mark Frauenfelder

australia After being hit by a car, a kangaroo joey named Cottontail receives a new prosthetic tail Jennifer Sandlin

child abuse Sean Hannity says it's no big deal for kids to be hit with a belt (video) Carla Sinclair