STEM We need a new type of STEM role model Caroline Siede

History New Netflix movie about the Chicago 7 trial, starring Sacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman David Pescovitz

new york city Legendary East Village corner store, Gem Spa, closes its doors Gareth Branwyn

activism JOHN WILCOCK: The Brutal 1968 DNC and Abbie Hoffman’s Illegal Forehead Ethan Persoff

activism JOHN WILCOCK: Paul Krassner and the Birth of the Political Prankster Group, YIPPIE! Ethan Persoff

military JOHN WILCOCK: Applying for a Permit to Exorcise the Pentagon of Evil Spirits, Levitating It Ten Feet Off the Ground Ethan Persoff

happy mutants Paul Krassner, RIP (1932 – 2019) Mark Frauenfelder

Business Consultants will train the crew of your super-yacht to take care of your fine art collection Cory Doctorow

china In-depth investigation of the Alibaba-to-Instagram pipeline for scammy crapgadgets with excellent branding Cory Doctorow

net neutrality The catastrophic consequences of the non-Neutral Net will be very hard to spot, until it's too late Cory Doctorow

london London bans Uber; firm can stay while it appeals Rob Beschizza

activism Fifty years ago today Yippie activist Abbie Hoffman made it rain at the NY stock exchange David Pescovitz

Gadgets Don't buy the crappy TruTemp digital thermometer Rob Beschizza

obits RIP, Tom Hayden: Yippie, radical, politician, author Cory Doctorow

uk Some future for you: the radical rise of hope in the UK Cory Doctorow

Tea Party Heroes The rise and fall of a Fox News fraud Mark Frauenfelder

podcasts Aesop's fables as written by a computer Futility Closet

gun violence “Unknown number of victims” from shooting at Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs Xeni Jardin

taxis Taxi industry's Twitter campaign backfires Mark Frauenfelder

futility closet How the Allies used Monopoly sets to smuggle escape equipment into Nazi POW camps Futility Closet