travel Stay the night (if you dare) at Lizzie Borden's haunted bed and breakfast Séamus Bellamy

tabloids Titanic "curse" and a mad scientist in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

late stage capitalism The weird grift of "sovereign citizens": where UFOlogy meets antisemitism by way of Cliven Bundy and cat-breeding Cory Doctorow

gop More Americans get the vote today than on any day since sufferage Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Survivor, a story from Black Candies: The Eighties Sarah LaBrie

books I Can't Breathe: Matt Taibbi's scorching book on the murder of Eric Garner and the system that let the killers get away with it Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole Citing Trump, Philippines dictator declares himself to be a "fascist" and vows to persecute peaceful left-wing opposition groups Cory Doctorow

trumpism Donald Trump will not condemn the terrorist attacks on anti-Nazi protestors Cory Doctorow

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

tuttlebuttle Woman jailed for 49 days because of a bureaucratic mistake Mark Frauenfelder

obama President Obama's final State of the Union address Xeni Jardin

offworld Her Story: a compelling murder mystery game with a tragic flaw Laura Hudson

Resurrecting the Dead: what did Jane Austen look like? Linda Rodriguez