libraries San Diego! I'm keynoting the 40th anniversary of the Friends of the Public Library today (then: UCLA and LA Times Festival of Books) Cory Doctorow

gadgets Look, it's just not that big of a deal that the iPhone is going to have a USB port Rob Beschizza

Funny Child's hat upsets airplane passengers (video) David Pescovitz

uk UK air traffic control system crashes Rob Beschizza

jobs CNN fires CEO Chris Licht after a pretty bad, Trump-friendly year Carla Sinclair

first amendment Middle-school Satanists club can't be banned, rules judge Mark Frauenfelder

Southworst "Intermittent technology issues" force Southwest Airlines to pause all operations Jason Weisberger

politics Israelis march against far-right government's effort to take over courts Rob Beschizza

books Rolling Warrior: a polio survivor's memoir of fighting for disability rights Elías Villoro

air travel Canada's air traffic system went dark, too Mark Frauenfelder

politics Chaotic GOP removes all metal detectors outside House chamber Carla Sinclair

crime Sexist influencer to be detained in Romania another 30 days Rob Beschizza

History Bastards of the Party: a ­documentary about why gangs emerged in L.A. Elías Villoro

Chris Christie Chris Christie's niece attacks and injures six deputies after accusing a Latino family of smuggling cocaine on plane Mark Frauenfelder

Comics "Please Say It!" is a sweet new webcomic about coming out in the 80s Thom Dunn

nuclear bombs How would a nuclear EMP affect the power grid? Gareth Branwyn

mark zuckerberg Meta VR upgrade preview may be "a motion captured lie", but at least meta-Zuckerberg now has legs Rob Beschizza

Animal Rebellion enjoys pouring milk on store carpets Mark Frauenfelder

protests Activists recorded pouring bottles of milk on floor at Harrod's department store Mark Frauenfelder

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