News NYPD proudly stages seizure of 106 pounds of legal hemp Mark Frauenfelder

global logistics The shortcomings of the European food supply chain  Katherine Hreib

revenge This guy made a diabolical form to send spammers to password purgatory Mark Frauenfelder

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Delightful Creatures This very clever cow shows us how to unlatch a gate with a tongue Carla Sinclair

books John Darnielle's new novel is a riveting metafictional meditation on true crime stories Thom Dunn

Vintage Weird Someone claiming to be an alien hijacked this 1977 live TV broadcast Popkin

tabloids Bill Clinton and the Queen at death's door in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Warring UFOs and warring Royals in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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tabloids Bill Clinton's party on Epstein's Lolita Express jet, Two Meghans demand millions, and a very Merry Christmas, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

late stage capitalism Wework, Uber, Lyft, Netflix, Bird, Amazon: late-stage capitalism is all about money-losing predatory pricing aimed at creating monopolies Cory Doctorow

scammers Tech support scammer talks to a bot Mark Frauenfelder

computer science A hard look at the wastefulness of "proof of work," the idea at the core of the blockchain Cory Doctorow

filling the swamp EPA broke the law by installing a $43,000 soundproof phone booth for agency head Scott Pruitt Mark Frauenfelder

donald trump Facebook bans British bigots Séamus Bellamy

eyes An eye drop guide for wimpy guys like me Jason Weisberger

scambusting Somebody wrote an email bot to waste scammers' time Mark Frauenfelder

economics Reputation systems work because people are mostly good Cory Doctorow

class war To understand the link between corporations and Hillary Clinton, look at philosophy, not history Cory Doctorow