Copyfight Hey, Wellington! I'm headed your way! Cory Doctorow

happy mutants I'm coming to the Adelaide Festival this weekend (and then on to Wellington, NZ!) Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Hey, Sydney! I'm coming to see you tonight (then Adelaide and Wellington!) Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Hey, Melbourne! I'm coming to see you this week (Sydney, Adelaide and Wellington: you're next!) Cory Doctorow

Science Carnivorous plant attempts to digest candy in bizarre video Popkin

Delightful Creatures Are humans about to outnumber sheep in New Zealand? Rob Beschizza

crime Survivor of deadly beef wellington lunch tells his tale Rob Beschizza

science fiction Sotheby's auctions artifacts from Lynch's Dune and other SF oddities Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 New study provides the "definitive answer on masks." They work. Jennifer Sandlin

Republicans After video surfaces, CO lawmaker blames secret drunk driving arrest on Denver crime Carla Sinclair

Cooking Canadian chef recreates outrageous recipes from movies and TV Grant St. Clair

Entertainment Pūteketeke named New Zealand's Bird of the Century in landslide Ruben Bolling

The Beatles Experience "Rubber Soul" anew with this bass-and-drums-only version Mark Frauenfelder

beef wellington Woman who served ex-in-laws a fatal meal says she bought the suspected "death cap" mushrooms at a market Carla Sinclair

mysteries Mystery foot in a shoe found on New Zealand beach David Pescovitz

mistakes Dog steps on rifle, firing it and inadvertantly killing owner Rob Beschizza

world records Record-breaking potato not a potato after all Thom Dunn

music New Zealand weaponizing Barry Manilow and James Blunt against vaccine mandate protestors David Pescovitz

trucks New Zealand battles anti-vax protestors with Barry Manilow and the Macarena Jason Weisberger

world records New Zealand couple grows a potato of record-breaking proportions Thom Dunn