happy mutants Chestburster Christmas Ornament (and other delights) Cory Doctorow

nightmare fuel Fingernails lovingly sculpted into tiny feet Rusty Blazenhoff

Kids Watch how organic farmers use tractor-mounted flamethrowers on weeds and pests Andrea James

Technology The time two guys bolted a Ford Pinto to a Cessna and called it a flying car Ellsworth Toohey

fire that does not cease Gaza's ceasefire has somehow expanded Israel's control to nearly 70% Jason Weisberger

News Israeli soldier shot an unarmed Gaza aid driver, witnesses say Séamus Bellamy

Space Scientists working to uncover space-based nuclear weapons Séamus Bellamy

animals Tortoise rearranges furniture like a tiny interior designer Popkin

politics TED-stage futurist/longevity salesman says mass surveillance will make us behave Séamus Bellamy

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History In 532 AD, a chariot racing riot nearly toppled the Byzantine Empire Ellsworth Toohey

Space Two Italian brothers claimed to have recorded dying Soviet cosmonauts that Moscow erased from history Ellsworth Toohey

History The WWII commando who fought with a broadsword, longbow, and bagpipes Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1896 a railroad crashed two trains head-on for fun and killed two spectators Ellsworth Toohey

activism "Laxative" brownies turn Nantucket School Committee meeting into Schrodinger's shitshow Rob Beschizza

Games 007: First Light review: From Denmark with love Grant St. Clair

bad idea A Bluetooth speaker named "BOMB" ruined everyone's flight to Mallorca Jason Weisberger

Space Blue Origin rocket explodes during Florida test Rob Beschizza

bad idea Starbucks Korea chose "Tank Day" for the anniversary of a massacre Jason Weisberger