science fiction Berlin! Catch me tonight at Otherland books at 8PM (Houston, here I come!) Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Berlin! I'm coming to town tomorrow! (Houston, you're next) Cory Doctorow

happy mutants I'm speaking in Berlin on November 5! Cory Doctorow

Ukraine Saudi Arabia reported to be buying stolen grain shipped by Russia Séamus Bellamy

animals Video provides overview of "10 Animals You Definitely Forgot Existed" Jennifer Sandlin

History "I hope you will never see this letter" Yuri Gagarin's note to his wife and daughters in 1961 Mark Frauenfelder

horror Surreal Estate: Artist Annie Owens' spooky off-the-grid witch cottage up for sale Rusty Blazenhoff

NYPD officer charged with spying on Tibetan immigrants for China Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Ottawa! I'm speaking tonight at the Writers Festival (and then Re:publica in Berlin and Comicpalooza in Houston!) Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Reminder: I'm speaking in Berlin tonight at the DTK-Wasserturm Cory Doctorow

surveillance China is sending its ethnic minorities to torture camps to be brainwashed out of Islam Cory Doctorow

Saoirse Ronan "Tipsy Talk with Saoirse Ronan" is the most Irish thing you'll see today Caroline Siede

happy mutants Tropic of Kansas: Making America Great Again considered harmful Cory Doctorow

books An excerpt from Tropic of Kansas, a novel about a Trumpian, dystopian America Cory Doctorow

russia Putin grants Russian citizenship to Steven Seagal Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Augmented Reality is a Massively Multiplayer Online world Raph Koster

The secret life of a public library security guard Dana Bialek

music Zouk Bass: a musical primer with DJ Umb of Generation Bass Niall Connolly