web Chirpss: a bookmarklet that makes your website chirp whenever anyone visits or leaves Rob Beschizza

animals Kinkatopia rescues abandoned kinkajous and discourages you from getting one of the racoon-like animals as a pet Jennifer Sandlin

delightful creatures Watch a hilarious parrot try — and succeed — to distract her human (video) Carla Sinclair

art 9 Ways To Draw a Person is an animation about breaking the rules Popkin

satisfying videos This old phone makeover is one of the best restoration videos I've seen Carla Sinclair

poetry Good Bones: a heart-tugging video poem about this terrible world Claudia Dawson

security Dark markets have evolved to use encrypted messengers and dead-drops Cory Doctorow

Passenger attempts to smuggle 70 live finches hidden inside hair rollers Mark Frauenfelder

After On Podcast An hour with Ev Williams: founder of Medium, Twitter, and Blogger Rob Reid

History Comic about the creation of Twitter David Pescovitz

Woman sings like animals and makes awesome sound effects Mark Frauenfelder

Business Silverpush says it's not in the ultrasonic audio-tracker ad-beacons business anymore Cory Doctorow

titanic Titanic II is an exact replica of the original ship, only bigger Mark Frauenfelder

videos Spectographic analysis of a modem handshake Cory Doctorow

Business Startup uses ultrasound chirps to covertly link and track all your devices Cory Doctorow

cuisine The Rat King: On the Fascinations (and Revulsions) of Rattus Mark Dery

Food How to make insects appetizing to Americans Meryl Natow