nuclear weapons We're all gonna die: Adults scramble to rehire nuke experts after Musk's efficiency bros' mass firing Ellsworth Toohey

accidents Manure truck crashes and drenches cars and homes with poop (video) Allan Rose Hill

dog poop French mayor who is implementing dog passports to curb out-of-control poop: "I can't stand it anymore" Jennifer Sandlin

corruption Steven Donziger proved oil company Chevron dumped billions of tons of toxic waste. But he's the one going to jail. Thom Dunn

politics Cost of cleaning up White House after Trump departure: $127,000 Xeni Jardin

Business Why there are so many cannabis-sponsored highway miles in Colorado Xeni Jardin

trump Joshua Tree National Park to close because Trump's shutdown led to damage Xeni Jardin

books The Fifth Risk: Michael Lewis explains how the "deep state" is just nerds versus grifters Cory Doctorow

puerto rico Donations to help Puerto Ricans in wake of hurricane left to rot Séamus Bellamy

trump Nicaragua sprints deeper into fascism Séamus Bellamy

security FBI sinkholes a key domain used by the malware that infected 500,000 home routers, declares partial victory and Russian attribution Cory Doctorow

corruption Congressional red team discovers that it's (still) trivial to acquire all the materials for a dirty nuke Cory Doctorow

NASA New NASA imagery reveals extent of tar on Santa Barbara beaches left by Refugio oil spill Xeni Jardin