natural disasters Video: A woman in Alaska springs into action when she notices a rockslide coming toward her Carla Sinclair

chicago ICE brownshirts shoot befrocked Chicago minister in the head with pepper ball, laugh (video) Jason Weisberger

politics Grand jury dismisses charges against man who threw sandwich at federal officer Ellsworth Toohey

eugene Man narrowly misses being killed by runaway saw blade (video) Jason Weisberger

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Pennsylvania Escaped killer was shot at by resident but stole a rifle and fled — now "armed and extremely dangerous" Carla Sinclair

pennsylvania Watch: Murderer escapes Pennsylvania prison with quick crab-like vanishing act (video) Carla Sinclair

prisons Man in prison for deadly Las Vegas bombing escaped over weekend — days before anyone noticed Carla Sinclair

bears Bear jumps into pigpen, quickly regrets it Mark Frauenfelder

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zoology Paris zoo opens a new exhibit with an immortal mutant slime mold called "The Blob" Thom Dunn

happy mutants Karl Schroeder's "Stealing Worlds": visionary science fiction of a way through the climate and inequality crises Cory Doctorow

language The Pet Dragon – A whimsical girl-meets-dragon story that also introduces Chinese characters Wink

art The story of Traceroute, about a Leitnerd's quest Thomas Kaestle

science fiction The Android's Prehistoric Menagerie A Merc Rustad

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philosophy Dungeons & Dragons & Philosophy Ethan Gilsdorf

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