video games Frogger set in a dense, walkable city Thom Dunn

News USPS suspends mail to impassible "sandpit streets" in Florida village Mark Frauenfelder

taxation California should tax empty homes and dead storefronts Jason Weisberger

politics FBI Director K$H Patel demanded $100M jet, settled for armored BMWs paid for by taxpayers   Ellsworth Toohey

Funny Get a peek into the odd life of the American suburbanite with Best of Nextdoor Grant St. Clair

child abuse "God, The Rod, and Your Child's Bod" is somehow worse than it sounds Thom Dunn

guns Ronald Reagan on Gun Control circa 1989 Elías Villoro

cars How Washington, DC is trying to crack down on people owning large cars Thom Dunn

Comics REVIEW: "Department of Truth," a conspiracy thriller about conspiracy theories that literally change reality Thom Dunn

Spoken Word with Electronics Learn how to do 'Thought-Based MIND SURGERY' with this 1985 self-help cassette Ethan Persoff

police Can insurance be used to reign in police misconduct? Thom Dunn

tech Waymo self-driving vans having "trouble turning left" Rob Beschizza

trumpism Scott Pruitt's $4.6m "security" bill includes a $1500 worth of taxpayer-funded "tactical pants" Cory Doctorow

class war Beyond the Trolley Problem: Three realistic, near-future ethical dilemmas about self-driving cars Cory Doctorow

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

tv Orphan Black's uneven finale offers a game-changing cliffhanger [S2E10] Caroline Siede