crimes Shopkeeper uses "man catcher" Samurai weapon to fend off three robbers (video) David Pescovitz

Science Michio Kaku calls clustering of dead scientists a national security issue Ellsworth Toohey

art Finally, a game where you fight a many-legged fish train Grant St. Clair

News U.S. agents bought a portable Russian microwave weapon that may explain Havana Syndrome Ellsworth Toohey

youtube The problem with wands Grant St. Clair

Space Is Russia hunting down American satellites? Séamus Bellamy

Weird New indie battle royale is a typing test with lethal stakes Grant St. Clair

weird history Iowa's weirdest uprising: The great Cow War of 1931 Ellsworth Toohey

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

psyops The Sinophobic history of brainwashing Thom Dunn

mistakes A woman took her gun to an MRI appointment. It shot her in the ass. Rob Beschizza

Games The making of Dune II, the game that put real-time strategy on the map Rob Beschizza

tabletop gaming What's new in tabletop gaming Gareth Branwyn

weapons A brief history of weaponized balloons Thom Dunn

Games Play Death Trash's gloriously meaty, pukey, nasty demo Rob Beschizza

Games Review / Cyberpunk 2077 Rob Beschizza

guns Gatling guns, balloon corps, and other weapons introduced during the American Civil War Thom Dunn

tabloids Roy Horn lives, China lied, and Murder Hornets Swarm America, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Claire and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

security My review of Sandworm: an essential guide to the new, reckless world of "cyberwarfare" Cory Doctorow