Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health

PLUS: An astronomy discovery, the best coffee subscriptions, and Trump's bogus ballot lawsuits. [View this email in your browser]( | [Manage newsletter subscriptions](newsletter=wir) [[(image) WIRED Daily Newsletter Logo]11.05.20]( [Radish the dog]( [DOG DAYS]( [I Fostered a One-Eyed Goblin. She Changed My Life in Lockdown]( BY ELENA LACEY [Radish is technically a chihuahua (but I’m not convinced). And after a year of misery, she was everything I needed.]( [CHIME Telescope]( [SPACE]( [Astronomers Finally Know What Causes Fast Radio Bursts]( BY JOHN TIMMER, ARS TECHNICA [After more than a decade, researchers have confirmed their suspicions about the source of the phenomena.]( [bag of coffee]( [BUYING GUIDE]( [The Best Coffee Subscription Boxes We've Tasted]( BY SCOTT GILBERTSON [These services deliver fresh, delicious coffee beans, grounds, or pods right to your door—each with its own twist.]( [Psilocybe cubensis]( [ELECTION 2020]( [Voters Rejecting the War on Drugs Is a Win for Public Health]( BY KATE KNIBBS [On Tuesday, several states passed ballot measures to relax drug laws. That's not just a criminal justice victory.]( [atari 2600]( [BLACK BOX FEVER]( [The Evolution of Game Console Design—and American Gamers]( BY DIA LACINA [They say art mimics life, and that definitely applies to the often garish aesthetics of gaming hardware, from the 1977 Atari 2600 to the PlayStation 5.]( [fire]( [WHAT IN BLAZES]( [Want to Fight the Zombie Fire Apocalypse? Weaponize Math]( BY MATT SIMON [Peat fires smolder in the ground for months, suddenly emerging as surface wildfires. New simulations reveal their strange life, death, and reanimation.]( [Image may contain: Human, Person, Building, Factory, and Manufacturing]( [CONNECTED]( [These Factory Robots May Point the Way to 5G’s Future]( BY WILL KNIGHT [Manufacturing, mining, and delivery firms, among others, are exploring building their own high-speed wireless networks with the new standard.]( [Donald trump]( [OPINION]( [Trump’s Bogus Ballot Lawsuits Are the Mark of an Autocrat]( BY JUSTIN SHERMAN [His legal ploys and lying tweets showcase the authoritarian worldview of his entire presidency: If you’re not with him, you don’t count.]( [blocks at different heights in a circle]( [IDEAS]( [An Election Forecaster Reflects: We Have Too Many Polls]( BY ANDREW GELMAN [Were all those state and national surveys worth the time? In this election, at least, his prediction would have been more accurate without them.]( [(image) Condé Nast Spotlight | The breaking news and top stories everyone is talking about. All in one place. The most popular stories from Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, Architectural Digest and more. STAY INFORMED]( [(image) WIRED Logo]( [(image) WIRED on Facebook]( [(image) WIRED on Twitter]( [(image) WIRED on Instagram]( [(image) WIRED on LinkedIn]( [(image) WIRED on YouTube]( [Podcasts]( This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( or [Manage your newsletter subscriptions](newsletter=wir)