singularity A new draft of Resisting Reduction, a manifesto against the Singularity, for a "culture of flourishing" Cory Doctorow

biomimicry Ant colonies could inspire better network algorithms and robot swarms David Pescovitz

documentaries "Nobody Knows My Name" – Crunk Feminist Rachel Raimist's first Hip Hop Documentary from 1999 Elías Villoro

books Lumpen: the politically infused funk music band of the Black Panther Party Elías Villoro

Funny "Bowling would be better if it was hockey!" Elías Villoro

crime Sexist influencer to be detained in Romania another 30 days Rob Beschizza

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

movies A World War Hulk movie is looking likely Devin Nealy

names La Cuetlaxochitl became the most famously misnamed holiday flower Elías Villoro

movies Here's your first look at the MCU's Namor Devin Nealy

aliens Dark Forest Sim lets us play out what happens to humanity if we survive war, disease and earthly disaster Rob Beschizza

television The Power of the Doctor trailer looks epic Devin Nealy

better this way Boston Dynamics pledges not to weaponize its "General Purpose Robots" Andrew Yi

politics Continuing the work of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, challenging racism since the 1960s Elías Villoro

twitter Elon Musk says he's willing to buy Twitter again Mark Frauenfelder

books New book on Environmental Justice in California Elías Villoro

sports Skateboarding is in the Olympics. Can it stay weird? Elías Villoro

music Today is KRS-One's birthday Devin Nealy