christ what an asshole Florida management company bans tenants from using storm shutters as Hurricane Irma approaches Cory Doctorow

marine mammals Scientists move fast as H5N1 reaches Northern California elephant seals Jason Weisberger

arizona Free festival turns 5,000-person mining town into musical maze Jennifer Sandlin

science fiction HOTELITOR, the combat mech/service workers sci-fi adventure you didn't know you needed Gareth Branwyn

safety hazards Horrific Anime Expo crowd looks like disaster waiting to happen: "If there is a fire … we are all dying" (video) Carla Sinclair

travel The Magnetic Termite Mounds of Litchfield Park Popkin

google From search-engine to walled garden: majority of Google searches do not result in a click Cory Doctorow

I hate rodents Sic semper evello mortem rattus norvegicus Jason Weisberger

books Sourdough: a delicious story about nerdism and the flesh, by Robin "Mr Penumbra" Sloan Cory Doctorow

better part of valor Killing my unfinished game dev projects Rob Beschizza

happy mutants A history of Chinese science fiction, from 475 BC to Cixin Liu Cory Doctorow

Food In "Food Warriors," NYC subway grub sleuths find A+ ethnic eats in Richmond Hill, Queens Xeni Jardin

Darwin's pink iguanas are all fine after Galapagos volcano eruption Xeni Jardin

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

travel What bees taught me about Cambodia Tom Fassbender

Finding Hidden Treasures in Los Angeles Mark Frauenfelder