paragliding Paraglider loses control as dust devil flings him around Carla Sinclair

snow devils Spectacular "snownado" swirls toward a huge crowd of awestruck skiers in Colorado (video) Carla Sinclair

Dust devil instantly envelops youth baseball player at home plate (video) David Pescovitz

climate change From Devil's Breath, a documentary about deadly wildfires Elías Villoro

Low Rider Celebrate 50 Years of WAR (the band) with a free concert in Venice Beach this Saturday Jason Weisberger

Delightful Creatures Celebrations from Elephant Country, by renowned elephant scientist Caitlin O'Connell and author of the new book, Wild Rituals Boing Boing

climate change UK officials blame asthmatics for the carbon footprints of 180,000 cars Thom Dunn

happy mutants SO LATE SO SOON: fun, genre-celebrating SF for young readers (of all ages!) Harry Tynan AKA Moose Malloy

happy mutants I'm coming to the Adelaide Festival this weekend (and then on to Wellington, NZ!) Cory Doctorow

Searching for Krampus Al Ridenour

Death, Science, Sexology: Joanna Ebenstein of the Morbid Anatomy Museum Mark Dery

futility closet The Devil's Hoofmarks – the great Devon mystery of 1855 Futility Closet