video games You can now play the unauthorized Indiana Jones video game created by Czechoslovak protestors in the 80s Thom Dunn
picks What 'Independence Day' Is Like In Transnistria, An Unrecognized Country Inside Moldova Katherine Leipper
politics One more response to Boing Boing post on "Police Pad" gadgets in Georgia, by Some Guy from Georgia Some Guy From Georgia
russia If you want to understand Putin, learn about Alexander Dugin, the fascist Russian charlatan beloved by the U.S.'s far-right Mark Frauenfelder
military Brain-frying energy weapons actually do exist, say scientists who would know David Pescovitz
useful stuff Excellent cheap puzzle book: The Moscow Puzzles: 359 Mathematical Recreations Mark Frauenfelder
Soviet Union Waiting for the American Khrushchev: Who will deliver the "Cult of Personality" speech to Americans? Mark Frauenfelder
china China's Chang'e 5 return capsule begins trip home, carrying moon rocks back to Earth from space Xeni Jardin
podcasts A new podcast explores the CIA's involvement with writing a hit song for the Scorpions Thom Dunn
News Maria Butina plea hearing set for Thursday, her spy boss Torshin missing, Putin unhappy Xeni Jardin
politics Sheryl Sandberg ordered Facebook staff to investigate George Soros after he gave THIS speech (READ IT) Xeni Jardin
News Trump's son Don Jr. promotes false smear linking Jamal Khashoggi to Osama bin Laden and terrorism Xeni Jardin
anthropogenics Intelligent engineering and planning brings (some) life back to the Aral Sea Clive Thompson
uk Scottish police confirm requests from world governments to find money laundered through "the UK's homegrown secrecy vehicle" Cory Doctorow
russia Scotland is still a financial secrecy exporter, laundering billions for Russia's crime-bosses and oligarchs Cory Doctorow
