News Cities are using Ballot Bins that allow smokers to "vote" on questions by depositing their cigarette butts Mark Frauenfelder

music "Stranger Than Kindness" is the incredible new Nick Cave virtual exhibition Jennifer Sandlin

literature Moomins' first US exhibition coming to Brooklyn Public Library Ellsworth Toohey

poetry Telepoem Booths let you dial a poem in vintage phone booths Jennifer Sandlin

events Maker Faire is headed back to the Bay Area in 2023! Mark Frauenfelder

surveillance Using AI to find open cameras recording near where Instagram shots are taken Elías Villoro

art Call for entries: Share Festival 2020, themed "RIOTS Here we are" Cory Doctorow

security Security researcher cracks high-security lock used for ATMs, Air Force One, military bases Cory Doctorow

Science Santa Fe: Come see Neal Stephenson, NASA's Pete Worden, Los Alamos's Nina Lanza, JPL's Sasha Samochina (and me!) at the Interplanetary Festival! Cory Doctorow

Games The 20 games you shouldn't miss in 2016 Brandon Boyer

art Wade among interactive koi in this stunning art installation Andrea James

gaming This week in games: inactivity, brutalism, The Witness and more Zoya Street

Cybernetic art Weird robots and computer art in 1968 "Cybernetic Serendipity" exhibition Mark Frauenfelder

Food Warning: At least two eels were definitely harmed during the reporting of this story Linda Rodriguez

offworld One woman's hilarious game about the UK's weird porn laws Leigh Alexander

Games Infamous imaginary games from science fiction Boing Boing