science fiction Come see me at UCLA tonight and then with John Scalzi on Sunday at the LA Times Festival of Books! Cory Doctorow

libraries San Diego! I'm keynoting the 40th anniversary of the Friends of the Public Library today (then: UCLA and LA Times Festival of Books) Cory Doctorow

Technology An open-source bot that only bets "no" on Polymarket is making money Ellsworth Toohey

Hackers reviving early Nest thermostats abandoned by Google Rob Beschizza

maker Outsource your decisions to this handy device Gail Sherman

AI Slopsquatting: nabbing nonexistent names AI chatbots likely to hallucinate Rob Beschizza

makers One-way cat airlock prevents kitties from bringing friends, dead or alive, into your home Gail Sherman

weather 90s Flashback – Get your weather from WeatherStar 4000+ Gail Sherman

Evertop is a solar-powered e-Ink portable PC: "thousands of hours on a single charge" Rob Beschizza

Games Winlator: run Windows apps on Android Rob Beschizza

Business Job-seeking AI will apply to thousands of positions for you Rob Beschizza

gadgets The world's smallest Nintendo Wii Rob Beschizza

unauthorized soap Bob Dewinder: gadget "rewinds" DRM dishwasher detergent cartridges to allow refills Rob Beschizza

gadgets A BBC Micro for the modern desktop Rob Beschizza

law Real-world bitcoin robberies Rob Beschizza

Environment Nature documentary on an invasive ocean species: plastic Andrea James

fonts Ultimate Oldschool PC Font Pack hits v2.0 Rob Beschizza

art This AI's only function is to draw penises David Pescovitz

software What the hell are Git and GitHub? Mark Frauenfelder

crime Terabytes of data leaked from an oligarch-friendly offshore bank Cory Doctorow