tourist traps Penny presses: find squashed penny machines near you Bob Knetzger

News Burglar busted after getting distracted by bedside book Allan Rose Hill

Xitter attacks Oops! Elon Musk and Donald Trump interview is hit with "massive DDOS attack" [Update: Interview finally starts and Trump sounds weird] Carla Sinclair

late stage capitalism Multi-level Marketing scheme "disguised as an advocacy organization" draws criticism Jennifer Sandlin

mad mad MAGA Dumbfounded GOP lawmaker can't make sense of his own timeline against made-up Biden allegations (video) Carla Sinclair

nevada Swarms of Mormon crickets plague Nevada and Idaho Rusty Blazenhoff

Science Scientists discover that fungi can effectively break down plastic Jennifer Sandlin

Food Watermelon truck overturns, to the delight of local wildlife Jennifer Sandlin

Boing Boing Gadgets Tell those bug bites to buzz off with this Bite Helper Itch Neutralizer Boing Boing's Shop

crimes Blood from squashed mosquito leads police to burglar David Pescovitz

CNN's anti-abortion reporter gets crushed when her nonsense is challenged Carla Sinclair

tabloids Will Smith's slap and Angelina Jolie's feet in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

monopolies A Chrome extension let you bulk-unfollow everyone, until Facebook squashed it Clive Thompson

close calls Woman runs back and forth across train tracks and almost gets squashed Mark Frauenfelder

music Super Mario World soundtrack "restored" with original samples Rob Beschizza

science fiction Podcast: Party Discipline, a Walkaway story (Part 3) Cory Doctorow

alleged serial rapist Harvey Weinstein At least 3 women were kicked out of a bar for confronting Harvey Weinstein Mark Frauenfelder

Copyfight Even the rightsholders think Europe's Article 13 is a mess, call for an immediate halt in negotiations Cory Doctorow

Business With the App Store monopoly case, the Supreme Court could reverse decades of frustrated antitrust enforcement Cory Doctorow

clickhole Bouncing and Blobbing Richard Kaufman