christ what an asshole Cambridge Analytica became a US powerhouse thanks Mercer's laundered money and a judas goat named John Bolton Cory Doctorow

music Remember Tara, the singing android that terrified the internet Ellsworth Toohey

politics Help! What the heck is this, and why does it look just like a cursed, melted Donald Trump? Jennifer Sandlin

History A 1278 court record may hold the first written F-word Ellsworth Toohey

Technology FTC deal forces John Deere to share repair tools for 10 years Séamus Bellamy

movies Watch this classic John Ford western for absolutely free Séamus Bellamy

Mike Johnson likes birthright citizenship when it scores goals Jason Weisberger

Werwulf is coming just in time for Christmas! Séamus Bellamy

Games We might be getting that New Vegas followup, but not in the way anyone expected Grant St. Clair

bye bye Court rejects Trump's claim that The Kennedy Center needs his name to survive Jason Weisberger

Science 38 scientists want to ban "mirror life" Ellsworth Toohey

Science A synthetic cell grew, copied its DNA, and split in two Ellsworth Toohey

hoaxes John Titor, the internet's most famous time traveler, vanished in 2001 Ellsworth Toohey

politics County with 37 data centers tells schools to turn off lights to save electricity Rob Beschizza

internet culture A mystery DVD mailed from Poland hid coded threats in a plague doctor video Ellsworth Toohey

movies Howl you know if Werwulf is worth seeing if you don't watch this trailer? Rob Beschizza

music Vulfpeck gamed Spotify with a silent album and funded a free concert tour Ellsworth Toohey

books Kevin Kelly's plan for the smallest library to restart civilization Ellsworth Toohey

movies Werwulf sure looks like another Robert Eggers joint Grant St. Clair

social media Roost: an app that sends messages at the speed of birdflight Rob Beschizza