music Watch: Thom Yorke's solo version of Radiohead's "Bloom" to commemorate Shark Week David Pescovitz
boris johnson Surprise! A dump truck delivers 1,400 pounds of trash to Boris Johnson (watch video) Carla Sinclair
climate New Zealand's domestic spies, obsessed with illegally surveilling environmental activists, missed a heavily armed right-wing terrorist Cory Doctorow
politics Greenpeace celebrates all the corporate overlords they've upset over their 40 years Cory Doctorow
vampires Peter Thiel, who is certainly not a vampire, reportedly attended a Halloween party at Dracula's Castle Thom Dunn
canada Critical essays (including mine) discuss Toronto's plan to let Google build a surveillance-based "smart city" along its waterfront Cory Doctorow