uk Tory Council Leader's son gets plum job with government contractor, teen constituent damned as an "appalling little child" for asking about it Cory Doctorow

dollar stores Dollar Tree sells Family Dollar for a big loss (but more than a dollar) Rob Beschizza

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza

racism Twitter loses World Bank ads over pro-Nazi content placement Mark Frauenfelder

abortion Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho, for now Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures California bears routine check-ins on humanity are leaving them unimpressed (video) Jason Weisberger

Science What would happen if you rode a roller coaster without a harness Popkin

twitter Twitter users will no longer be able to hide their blue checks Rob Beschizza

fun "This site will self-destruct" finally self-destructs after no-one signs guestbook for 24 hours Rob Beschizza

elections Rep. Dean Phillips officially announces Democratic run against President Biden (video) Carla Sinclair

gadgets HP covers printer's USB port with warning sticker to make sure you don't go right ahead and use it Rob Beschizza

dog poop French mayor who is implementing dog passports to curb out-of-control poop: "I can't stand it anymore" Jennifer Sandlin

covid Florida con artist and his three sons convicted after selling bleach as a cure for Covid, AIDS, autism and cancer Rob Beschizza

art 99-year-old man draws faces in dirt on his daily walk Popkin

movies Six Tarkovsky movies online free of charge Rob Beschizza

music Courtney Love sings the scrapped lyrics to Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" David Pescovitz

Internet of Cats Now *this* is a claw machine Rusty Blazenhoff

city negligence Houston man stands in 3-feet-deep hole in the road to get city's attention — and it works Carla Sinclair

art The hand-powered scrap metal sculptures of Guillermo Galetti Popkin