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

Science Brain scans of authoritarians show reduced grey matter in regions for empathy and social reasoning Ellsworth Toohey

History Digitizing vintage proportional typewriter fonts Rob Beschizza

books The Tokyo Vice author digs into cryptocurrency's darkest chapters Roger Park

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

News An 86-year-old man fined $334 for spitting out a leaf that blew into his mouth Ellsworth Toohey

mystery A flock of sheep investigate a killing in The Sheep Detectives Séamus Bellamy

Entertainment The Wicked Witch's flying hat just sold for $575,000 Ellsworth Toohey

Authorities scrub Banksy painting from Royal Court wall, with limited success Rob Beschizza

music Listen to Adrian Munsey's touching 1979 classic, "The Lost Sheep" Rob Beschizza

law Price of Thieves: men who cut down Sycamore Gap tree jailed for 4 years Rob Beschizza

politics Citizen journalist arrested for photographing sheriff's deputy at Texas county meeting Ellsworth Toohey

trees You may now hug the Sycamore Gap tree's trunk again Rob Beschizza

horror Horror fan-fiction based on the columns of Adrian Chiles Rob Beschizza

books If you like novels about the existential crisis of post-apocalytic consumer electronics, this one's for you Jason Weisberger

language The semicolon defended by its advocates Rob Beschizza

Health Care Georgia abortion laws turn a dead woman into a zombie uterus Jason Weisberger

crime Guilty verdicts for men who cut down famous tree Rob Beschizza

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