AI What's missing from machine learning research: an East African perspective Cory Doctorow

law Uganda enacts unenforceable, ridiculous anti-"gossip" internet tax Cory Doctorow

music In Uganda, a white German aid worker becomes an unlikely local pop star Xeni Jardin

Wham-O How African killifish almost became Wham-O's coolest toy of the 1960s Ellsworth Toohey

Entertainment "Chainsaw Jerry" reveals untold stories from Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie 50 years later Mark Cerulli

graveyard Tiny Tombs of New Orleans: a scavenger hunt for history and art Popkin

Environment The slender-billed curlew is extinct Ruben Bolling

drugs Evidence of ancient speed freaks found in Pleistocene burial cave Allan Rose Hill

medical Your earwax tells a lot about you, including why you may stink Allan Rose Hill

health Outbreak: WHO declares much deadlier strain of mpox a global "public health emergency" Carla Sinclair

Republicans against trump B'Bye Trump! Many in GOP — including former Trump staffers — join "Republicans for Harris" Carla Sinclair

south africa Surfers flee rabid seals Rob Beschizza

adorable animals This tiny bush baby is absolutely enthralled by a locust! Jennifer Sandlin

Science Saving frogs from a deadly fungus with little saunas Gail Sherman

disappearances A plane carrying vice president of Malawi vanished during a short flight to neighboring city Carla Sinclair

cops Alabama judge orders black man to apologize for being rude to cop, or go to jail Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures Chinese zoo dyed dogs to look like pandas Rob Beschizza

hippos Suburban neighborhood on lockdown due to roaming hippopotamus (video) David Pescovitz

irresponsible tourism Angry elephant terrifies tourists — who got too close — when it lifts and slams their safari truck Carla Sinclair

scams Undercover video exposes massive "Pig Butchering" romance scam center in Dubai Mark Frauenfelder