lawful interception A finance industry group is pushing an intentionally broken cryptography "standard" called ETS Cory Doctorow

tools This $12 set of 45 screw-driving bits gets a lot of use Jason Weisberger

activism "Laxative" brownies turn Nantucket School Committee meeting into Schrodinger's shitshow Rob Beschizza

literature Could a Nabokov novel have been the 'father of all hypertext demos'? Ellsworth Toohey

Science Newly discovered fish species looks just like Big Bird's best friend, Mr. Snuffleupagus Jennifer Sandlin

art Famous bull fresco's bollocks restored Rob Beschizza

gadgets Tiny E-ink note-taking gadget Rob Beschizza

The pyramids' missing casing stones have a better story than "thieves" Jason Weisberger

crime Nebraska dog shoots woman at convenience store Rob Beschizza

Games Would-be Pokémon Professor sues Nintendo for denying him the status Rob Beschizza

eff This Utah law is a risk to everyone's digital liberty Séamus Bellamy

gadgets A cyberdeck to help you airlock the Alien Rob Beschizza

politics U.S. Senators bans themselves from trading on prediction markets Rob Beschizza

politics Maryland the first state to regulate grocery surveillance pricing Rob Beschizza

History Get a university-level education on buried viking treasure for free Séamus Bellamy

hunting wabbits Cops, not bunnies: Newport Beach chooses enforcement over art park Jason Weisberger

History Historian explains why modern bread sucks Séamus Bellamy

Space NASA's Artemis II images—and a phone video Rob Beschizza

music What if Tom Waits was a blender? This animator asked Jennifer Sandlin

Science Your brain just made up the color you're looking at Ellsworth Toohey