spelling 14-year-old wins Scripps National Spelling Bee for 'psammophile' Rusty Blazenhoff

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

Netflix Netflix sued: Squid Game accused of copying Bollywood film, Luck Mark Frauenfelder

donald trump Dirty money: Trump-tied firm funded the indicted FBI informant who fabricated false allegations against the Bidens Mark Frauenfelder

vanity plates DEZNUUTZ, 2HI, VENMO, and 3,000 other vanity license plates rejected by New York's DMV David Pescovitz

Science The Ephemeral Tattoo Studio provides tattoos that completely fade away after 1-3 years Popkin

History Bastards of the Party: a ­documentary about why gangs emerged in L.A. Elías Villoro

Comic Books Introducing Oboy, an anti-antihero origin story Natalie Dressed

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

floods Ordinary heroes rescue people from drowning in torrential river floods in Pakistan A.E. Gómez

mistakes Tempe "UFO" identified as lenticular cloud Jennifer Sandlin

politics Review / Floor 13: Deep State Rob Beschizza

chess The origins of chess Miss Cellania

web theory Freedom House: Thanks to social media, internet freedom is down for the the ninth straight year Cory Doctorow

housing An entire village built on the roof of a huge building David Pescovitz

law EFF's roadmap for a 21st Century antitrust doctrine Cory Doctorow

fake news Why Donald Trump is the tabloid president Peter Sheridan

statistics Puerto Rico to dismantle its statistics agency in the midst of radical shock doctrine project Cory Doctorow