spy Amélie was actually a KGB spy Rusty Blazenhoff

spooks Latvia opens up its KGB files and names 4,000+ "informants," many of whom claim they were framed Cory Doctorow

News Vladimir Putin's old Stasi ID card discovered Xeni Jardin

Weird Video shows a rain curtain splitting a street into two worlds Popkin

Best book ever Goodreads readers select "The Hunger Games" as best book ever Jason Weisberger

politics Epstein files contain 1,056 documents mentioning Putin and 9,629 mentioning Moscow Ellsworth Toohey

politics Vivek Ramaswamy family bodyguard charged with trafficking fentanyl, meth and speed Rob Beschizza

military America cuts security aid to countries bordering Russia Séamus Bellamy

politics When ICE isn't tearing families apart, it's pulling first responders off the job Jason Weisberger

politics America has already fallen into fascism under Trump, says Pulitzer Prize Finalist author Ellsworth Toohey

music Heavy metal fans face up to Russia's satanism ban Rob Beschizza

counterfeit Canada creates maple syrup fraud deterrent Séamus Bellamy

politics No smoking gun found in JFK assassination docs Rob Beschizza

music Hear the the Royal Albert Hall organ at full power Jennifer Sandlin

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza

science fiction Jeff VanderMeer's "Absolution" is a dark mirror to the Southern Reach Trilogy Thom Dunn

Hidden USB hub turns ordinary keyboard into Doom console Mark Frauenfelder

Food Another chef's take on the perfect steak Jason Weisberger

Russian state TV Panicked Putin pundits say "old" Trump should have been "a little bit smarter" against Biden Carla Sinclair

computers What The Terminator's on-screen vision code really means Natalie Dressed