As the summer surges forward, grilling and evenings in the backyard may be the only serious outdoor excursions many of us take this season. Yet even with all of our… Read the rest of the article: The Moskiller can eradicate mosquitoes from your backyard without any chemicals

In "Seduction Of The Innocent," the inimitable Sid Davis tells the harrowing tale of Jeanette, who falls in with the bad crowd and through peer pressure gets into marijuana, pills,… Read the rest of the article: Watch Jeanette go from pills to reefer to heroin in this 1961 anti-drug film

Oakland Symphony was forced to cancel its season but they've continued to rehearse through Zoom. In lieu of its regular in-person concert, they performed their version of "This Land is… Read the rest of the article: Oakland Symphony performs radical social justice song of yore

With all due respect to our vegetarian friends, there might be nothing more intrinsically linked to the 4th of July holiday than a big ole cookout. Sure, fireworks and celebrating… Read the rest of the article: Celebrate the 4th with an Otto professional steak grill for perfectly cooked meat in 10 minutes

screenshot.rocks fits any image you upload into a web browser-style frame and gives you a new image of the composite. It's perfect for turning photoshopped web design ideas into mockups… Read the rest of the article: How to make simple browser window mockups

LEGO is jumping on the mosaic art craze with the LEGO Art poster series, out this fall. Sets will include Andy Warhol portraits of Marilyn Monroe, The Beatles, Iron Man,… Read the rest of the article: LEGO Art announces new posters: Warhol, Beatles, Iron Man, and Star Wars sets

In a video posted to Tiktok, a shopper asserts her constitutional right not to wear a mask in Costco, then her constitutional right to plant her rear on the floor.… Read the rest of the article: Unmasked shopper asserts constitutional right to sit on the floor in Costco

In this sobering video made for the Movement For Black Lives, Hamilton actor Daveed Diggs asks that we look at what Independence Day really means for Black people right now.… Read the rest of the article: Daveed Diggs: "What to my people is the Fourth of July?"

Most of you being American, I hope you celebrate July 4 with all the radical joy you can muster.

We’re at the midway point of 2020. So…how’s the year going for you so far?  Yeah…we can guess. But while there’s a lot about 2020 we can’t directly control, maybe… Read the rest of the article: Here are 39 of the best July 4th deals to help keep some money in your wallet

In another controversial decision, President Trump is celebrating the fourth of July with a fiery display atop South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore. The decision may seem troublesome to anyone worried about… Read the rest of the article: Why Native Americans are protesting Trump's celebration at Mount Rushmore

When revved-up kids used to dribble a basketball through the kitchen or practice their footwork with a soccer ball in front of the television, exasperated parents would often just send… Read the rest of the article: These Smart Soccer and Basketballs are making sports training possible in the stay at home era

When you sit down to play a new AAA video game like The Last of Us 2, you probably assume it was created by gaming experts with insane levels of… Read the rest of the article: No programming skills? No design experience? GameGuru can still help create some bonkers video games

“This flight was a dream come true for me. For six years I’ve been chasing the out-and-back world record, and this year, all the pieces of the puzzle finally came together beautifully.” — Owen Morse, hang glider pilot

I'm a little late to the party as I've just discovered the fantastic world of YouTuber Pickitup's ska covers! K.K. Slider himself would be impressed by his ska-jazz cover of… Read the rest of the article: This ska-jazz cover of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons theme is everything

Shannon LaNier is a television reporter, actor, author, and a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States. He's also a Black man — the sixth… Read the rest of the article: Sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson re-creates his presidential portrait

Photographer Drew Gardner created a photo series depicting descendants of historical figures, each posed as their ancestors. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Napoleon Bonaparte, Charles Dickens… It's surprising how uncanny the resemblances… Read the rest of the article: Thomas Jefferson portrait recreated with distant descendant

Earlier this year, we learned that Python had finally accomplished a feat other programming languages had failed for decades, to surpass Java as the second most-used coding language in the… Read the rest of the article: Python is fueling some of tech’s coolest innovations and these videos and ebooks can get you up to speed

Several weeks ago, I put out a call in my weekly maker tips newsletter, Tips, Tools, and Shop Tales. A friend who works in a shared workshop was being called… Read the rest of the article: COVID Safety Guidelines for Shared Workshops

Mr Beast, creator of Finger on the App, a game in which players vie to be the last one to keep their finger on their smartphone screen (and occasionally move… Read the rest of the article: Finger on the App creator tells 4 remaining players that they are all winners of $20k