art Toyo Ito's Expo Hall "Shining Hat" looks like a portal opening in the sky Popkin

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza

politics FBI agent carjacked near Capitol Hill Rob Beschizza

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

science fiction The man who loves junk mail recommends Tschai, by Jack Vance Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets Build your own LED-infused Back to the Future Flux Capacitor with this kit Boing Boing's Shop

the lincoln project Toyota is called out for supporting seditious politicians in scathing new ad Carla Sinclair

Weird What are these strange videos of quick-cut random images accompanied by chaotic beeping noises? David Pescovitz

infosec How to spy on someone using a lightbulb as a remote microphone Thom Dunn

robots Watch Japan's first robot bartender mix and serve a cocktail Carla Sinclair

invention Vehicle outfitted with "shoes" to avoid crushing Christmas Island crabs Rusty Blazenhoff

Business Interoperability: Fix the internet, not the tech companies Cory Doctorow

movies Review: Bright (2017) Rob Beschizza

music The strange, musical world of birdsong contests David Pescovitz

transparency Apple, CTA and Big Car are working in secret to kill New York's Right to Repair legislation Cory Doctorow

travel Touring northern Colombia by car in the rainy season Maggie Tokuda-Hall

cuba A brief visit to Cuba Lars Forseti

40,000 people have paid thousands for an Elio car – will it ever be built? Jason Torchinsky