happy mutants Tickets for Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) 2020 are now on sale! Cory Doctorow

politics UK politician Ann Widdecombe beaten to death in own home Rob Beschizza

Coffee Used coffee grounds can now be turned into fuel in 90 seconds Séamus Bellamy

Games GTA 6 is officially an $80 game — here's what you get Grant St. Clair

gadgets United flight declares emergency over Bluetooth broadcast, passengers say Rob Beschizza

movies Backrooms is a blockbuster Rob Beschizza

public health Here are some terrific resources tracking the "Andes" hantavirus outbreak Jennifer Sandlin

Internet Teens are speedrunning the Scientology building in LA Grant St. Clair

science fiction Mathieu Bablet's "Silent Jenny" explores what's left of us when the bees are gone Gareth Branwyn

sic semper idioticus Virginia joins slow-motion plan to sidestep Electoral College Jason Weisberger

politics 8 million attend No Kings protests across U.S. Rob Beschizza

Nature Driving Through a Locust Swarm Looks Like a Living Sandstorm Popkin

books The Tokyo Vice author digs into cryptocurrency's darkest chapters Roger Park

voting rights Apparently, women are just assets with title issues Jason Weisberger

economics Europe builds its own payment network, ditches Visa Ellsworth Toohey

politics Trump deletes racist Obama video after outcry — Karoline Leavitt was the only Republican who loved it Ellsworth Toohey

gerrymandering Supreme Court declines to save Republicans from their own redistricting arms race Jason Weisberger

politics Dial-A-Poem is back, with the revolutionary poetry we all need right now Jennifer Sandlin

Farm gives away potatoes after growing too many Rob Beschizza

Comics Legendary cartoonist Will Eisner's life's work, including The Spirit, is up for sale Ruben Bolling