mistakes Rail operator angers pound shop after comparing own poor service to Poundland chocolate Rob Beschizza

britain British officials seize contraband U.S. candy containing banned "carcinogenic" and "genotoxic" ingredients Americans love to feed their children Rob Beschizza

marijuana California's marijuana industry now selling weaker weed Jason Weisberger

fast fashion Ultra-fast fashion company Shein is 'even worse than you thought' Jennifer Sandlin

music Video: Rick Astley shops for records by Foo Fighters, Bauhaus, Genesis, and Frank Sinatra David Pescovitz

hong kong What it's like to live in Hong Kong's densest apartment complex — "Monster Building" Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids America in chaos in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Boing Boing Gadgets 16 superb coffee blends that will turn you into a coffee snob in no time Boing Boing's Shop

whistleblowers Former employee of a trendy Santa Monica "farm to door" meat shop shows us what they really sell Carla Sinclair

books BOOKS: 'The Cannabis Gardener,' Penny Barthel Xeni Jardin

Environment Nepal is banning single-use plastic on and around Mt. Everest David Pescovitz

happy mutants Edward Snowden to keynote London's ORGCON! Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The OZORA music festival is a psychedelic tribal gathering I keep coming back to Ferdinando Buscema

new york Lawsuit filed over ginger ale allegedly containing no ginger Séamus Bellamy

Business UK railway arches, the last bastion of publicly owned commercial space, engines of small business, about to be killed by privatization Cory Doctorow

law Illinois votes to eliminate inmates' doctor visit co-pays, equivalent to one month's wages Cory Doctorow

Good times Jonathan Coulton's JoCo Cruise was mind-blowingly great Mark Frauenfelder

Business Disney buys Fox in all-stock deal, making Rupert Murdoch the largest shareholder in the company Cory Doctorow

fake news JFK's killer, Michael Jackson's ghost, and Meghan Markle's halibut, in this week's tabloids Peter Sheridan

Business Unpaid Zara garment workers slip pleas for overdue wages into clothes Cory Doctorow