In July 2014 the St. Clair County Drug Task Force raided medical marijuana patient Ginnifer Hency's home and "took everything," including a car, TV sets, a ladder, her children's cellphones and iPads, and even her vibrator. Read the rest

A Houston deputy who pulled over Charnesia Corley, a 21-year-old black woman on her way to the store to pick up medicine for her sick mother, thought he smelled weed in Corley's car. Read the rest

Marcus Bradley, a driver for hardware store Lowe's, was ordered to hand off a delivery to a racially-acceptable colleague following a customer complaint, reports WSET. Read the rest

One of the events I'm most looking forward to at our upcoming Weekend of Wonder event is Show and Tell! Bring something to share! Something you treasure! Something you've made! Or just something you think will entertain the group!Read the rest

Several pipes excavated from William Shakespeare's garden contained cannabis, report scientists who used gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to analyze the items. Read the rest

Our latest special satellite transmission looks back on the highlights of last week, from women in pinball to color challenges for the eye, and scoops up our favorite conversations from elsewhere on the web. Read the rest

It's the work of Michael Warren, who gathered every scene from every extant edition and reorganized the resulting spice opera into a more complete narrative. Read the rest

Internet law troublemaker James Grimmelmann (previously) has released the fifth edition of his $30 DRM-free casebook ($65 for print) of Internet law, "a fast-moving casebook for a fast-moving subject." Read the rest

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Irresponsible Californians, continuing to push bad data, are looking to reverse their state's new vaccination laws for public school children. They've also set their sights on State Senator Richard Pan, who wrote the bill, attempting a recall. Read the rest

An NBC/Survey Monkey poll shows that extreme social conservative Rick Santorum's support among Republicans declined from a solid 1% to a less-enthusiastic 0% after his performance in last Thursday's presidential candidate debate on Fox News. Read the rest

Two are dead following the attack at an IKEA store in Vesteras, Sweden, an hour east of Stockholm.A third was seriously injured, according to Reuters. Read the rest

"We are poor little lambs, who have lost our way. Baa. Baa. Baa." I loved this show so much as a kid, the opening credits give me chills.Read the rest

Sugar water company Coca Cola is funding scientists who "shift blame" for obesity away from diets, reports The New York Times. Read the rest

The quirky, gentle logic puzzles of the classic Zoombinis are back with a tablet remake which feels not especially modern, but still very much worth loving. Read the rest

I doubt it'll top the Yul Brynner original (and his performance most certainly made it), but I'm surprised by how good the reboot looks in this very short teaser, which injects a heavy dose of PKD into the Chrichton classic. (more…)

RollJam costs $32 to make and will get you in. Andy Greenberg profiles the cute wireless widget and its creator, Samy Kamkar, who announced it at this year's DefCon hacker conference. Read the rest

"Yes, Mr. President," the headline says. "We Remade Our Atlas to Reflect Shrinking Ice"In a speech about climate change, Barack Obama had noted that over the years, National Geographic maps of the arctic had changed. Read the rest

Gilbert Phelps has the right attitude about his predicament.

Here are four new lateral thinking puzzles to test your wits! Read the rest

Jerboas, tiny desert rodents that move like kangaroos, are notoriously hard to film. BBC Earth was able to film a jerboa's escape from a fox, and its unique shape has not inspired a robot:Jerboas use their long tails to transfer energy to their legs, allowing them to hop many times their body length. Read the rest

Walmart has fought against unionization at every step of the way, including producing videos to dissuade workers from organizing. Read the rest

It's no secret that license plate data is big business. Here's a demo of how these companies gather data as they troll parking lots and public streets gathering indiscriminate license plate info, looking for matches on other databases. Read the rest

Several Vimeo members whose videos had "pixels" in the title are victims of the latest overly broad DMCA takedown request by Entura International, working on behalf of Sony's summer schlockbuster Pixels. Read the rest

My little sister just wants games to be for her exactly what they are for boys and men: easy to love. Why does that have to be so hard? Read the rest

You've just been accepted to university on Earth; you say farewell to your family and start your comfortable, luxurious trip through space. Once you're on your way, though, you realize you might not be alone. Read the rest

A 41-year-old woman was bike riding across a field in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany when she felt a sharp pain in her breast. Turns out, she had ridden through a boar hunt and a stray bullet bounced off the underwire of her bra. Read the rest

Thanks to the nationwide switch from analog to digital TV, great-quality HD television can be accessed without committing to a lengthy cable or satellite contract. Read the rest

Trump says only a "deviant" would think that his remark about Fox News' Megyn Kelly — “You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her… wherever.”—referred to menstruation. Read the rest

His crude remarks about Megyn Kelly menstruating, made after Fox News' "Presidential" debate, were disturbingly popular on Twitter and rebuked only mildly by other candidates. Read the rest

The GIF doesn't quite convey this one. (It's called a capirote, apparently!)

Jason Schreier writes about how review aggregator Metacritic—and the publishers obsessed with it—have hurt games by making developers to live and die by its scores. Read the rest

Enclaves appear when history contrives to put a piece of one country completely inside another. India and Bangladesh's border is a maze of them, but they've just fixed the craziest of them all: an enclave surrounded by an enclave surrounded by an enclave surrounded by another state. Read the rest

Brian and Karl remember a form of English that's all arsey-varsey: "slang used in Britain by actors, circus and fairground showmen, merchant navy sailors, criminals, prostitutes, and the gay subculture." Read the rest

r/AngrySportingParents is a subreddit dedicated to people who live vicariously—and in a haze of perpetual rage—through their childrens' sporting activities. Read the rest

A man sat in his parked car was struck with a garden gnome after it was used to smash his window by robbers, who then escaped with cash. A garden gnome and a toy black pistol were "secured for forensic examination." [via Arbroath.]

Fans of DC Comics greats like Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the Flash will love this superhero recipe book full of more than 50 fun snacks, meals, desserts, etc. Read the rest

People interested in learning what's really in the drugs they bought (or manufactured) can send a sample to Energy Control in Barcelona, Northern Spain. Read the rest

The postings are generated by a markov bot from other reddit items, and only bots are permitted to comment. [via Waxy]

We hope your weekend is going to be as nice as Veronica and Archie's.Image found by my friend Craig Yoe, editor of two new books: Milt Gross' New York and Weird Love: You Know You Want It Read the rest

Whispering Imps might be the most beautiful deck of cards I’ve seen. The Ace of Spades, the King of Diamonds, the two Jokers, and the backs of all the cards have drawings of imps (mischievous little goblins of German fairy tales) inspired by the classic 1894 magic poster for Kellar the Great Magician, which feature a pair of imps whispering in his ears. Read the rest

Crew members on Expedition 44, including NASA's one-year astronaut Scott Kelly, harvested some "Outredgeous" red romaine lettuce Monday, Aug. 10, from the Veggie plant growth system on the nation’s orbiting laboratory. Read the rest

Calling all writers! Wink Fun is looking for reviewers. Reviews should be 1-3 paragraphs, and need to include 5-9 photos of the Fun item. Read the rest

A police officer in the Northern California city of Rohnert Park was caught on video pulling his gun on a resident who was recording the cop on his cellphone.Read the rest

Meth. Not even once. Read the rest

"We Need Brain" is a quotation from Donald Trump at last night's GOP presidential primary debate, and it's the title of the songified version by the Gregory Brothers. Worth watching just for the GIF-able clips like these: Read the rest