twitter Twitter wants to develop an open, decentralized, federated social media standard…and then join it Cory Doctorow

google Gmail's automated spam-filtering is making it much harder to run an independent mail-server Cory Doctorow

1201 A history of the sprawling personality clashes over RSS Cory Doctorow

copyright John Deere promises to let farmers repair their own equipment. Believe it when you see it. Rob Beschizza

podcasts How Woody Guthrie's second wife changed modern dance and mental healthcare Thom Dunn

Russians Edward Snowden is now formally a Russian Jason Weisberger

television Check out this classic Regis & Kathie Lee interview with Armin Shimerman in character as Quark Devin Nealy

art Supreme Court to decide on Andy Warhol's Prince silkscreen copyright case Mark Frauenfelder

sexism Chess commentator fired after "chess is maybe not for women" remark Rob Beschizza

sports Trampwall—trampoline wall running—from Cirque du Soleil to your backyard Jennifer Sandlin

magic Watch the new world champion of card magic's astonishing act David Pescovitz

belly flop High Diving + Belly Flop = Døds (a.k.a. "Death Diving") Andrew Yi

robots Video: the moment a chess robot broke 7-year-old opponent's finger during game David Pescovitz

donald trump Russia state TV host says Kremlin has to decide whether to "reinstall" Trump as U.S. president "again" Carla Sinclair

science fiction Taking a look at Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Gareth Branwyn

dictators helping dictators Putin allegedly plans to get revenge on the U.S. by helping Trump "win" in 2024 Carla Sinclair

war A "Highway to Hell" for the Russian army Jason Weisberger

russia Russian cats have officially been banned from international cat competitions Thom Dunn

taekwondo Vladimir Putin has been showing off his black belt for years, but no more. He's now beltless Carla Sinclair

russia A group of Irish fishermen held back the Russian military Thom Dunn