Technology The Vessel of the Ritual of Damnation is being auctioned off on eBay Thom Dunn

human auctions A look at Bulgaria's "bride's market" Mark Frauenfelder

Games Jeffrey Epstein was banned by Xbox Live Rob Beschizza

Famous Monsters magazine's disturbing fly portrait could be yours Ellsworth Toohey

star trek Harlan Ellison auction includes the world's most (in)famous "Star Trek" photo Mark Frauenfelder

native americans A Missouri cave filled with 1,000-year-old indigenous paintings sold at auction and the Osage Nation want it back David Pescovitz

micronations In 1948 James T. Mangan declared the entire universe to be a country under his protection Mark Frauenfelder

trumpism What it would cost to build Trump's snake-and-alligator border moat Cory Doctorow

makers $30 plug-and-play kit converts a Bird scooter into a "personal scooter" Cory Doctorow

web theory Complying with the new EU data protection directive requires a top-to-bottom redo of the adtech industry Cory Doctorow

slavery West African migrants are kidnapped and sold in Libyan slave markets Cory Doctorow

Business Airlines try auctioning off seat upgrades at the gate Cory Doctorow

Alien drawing from 1906 edition of War of the Worlds sells for $32k Mark Frauenfelder

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