music Foo Fighters and Alanis Morisette play killer of cover Sinéad O'Connor's "Mandinka" (video) David Pescovitz
politics Famously corrupt Italian Prime Minister and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi dead at 86 Rob Beschizza
Science NASA and the European Space Agency explore ways for astronauts to hibernate during long space journeys Ruben Bolling
fascists Italy's new far-right government criminalizing raves, but fascist marches are just fine David Pescovitz
politics Far right wins Italian election for first time since World War II; next Prime Minister promises she isn't a fascist anymore Rob Beschizza
illustration Interview with Kai Lan Egg, a Hong Kong protest artist who specializes in anime pro-democracy memes Cory Doctorow
china Hong Kong protests level up in countermeasures, tactics, art and deadly seriousness Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Calexit: a fractured California, where militias and the DHS battle the resistance in Trump's future America Cory Doctorow
eu Bernie Sanders and Yanis Varoufakis announce Progressives International, to counter rising ultra-nationalism Cory Doctorow