picks I finally added weights to my DIY Peloton set-up Jason Weisberger

Sex Safer sex now means wearing a mask, says Canada's Chief Public Health Officer David Pescovitz

white supremacists The legal battle over those novelty Sea Monkeys and X-Ray Specs involves white supremacy and a 60s bondage film star Thom Dunn

Gadgets Here are 39 of the best July 4th deals to help keep some money in your wallet Boing Boing's Shop

corruption Trump administration gave a $700M bailout to a $70M truck company after it allegedly defrauded the Pentagon Thom Dunn

Games After 48 Hours, only 15 players remain in the "Finger on the App" challenge Mark Frauenfelder

makers Cheap Arudiuno clone kit Mark Frauenfelder

NASA NASA made a 10-year timelapse of the Sun Rusty Blazenhoff

News DHS announces 'Task Force to Protect American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues' Xeni Jardin

photographs The chemist who made big bucks hoaxing ghost photos David Pescovitz

police brutality North Carolina cop: "We are just going to go out and start slaughtering them f—— n——" Rob Beschizza

Science NASA delivers first grant in 30 years to support the search for extraterrestrial intelligence David Pescovitz

music String quartet performs for a sold-out audience of 3,000 plants David Pescovitz

Technology Senate GOP introduce bill to end 'warrant-proof' encryption, end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp is targeted Xeni Jardin

Gadgets If your AirPods keep falling out, these accessories may just change your life Boing Boing's Shop

law IRS says it bought in to location database for millions of US cellphones to track tax crime suspects Xeni Jardin

recipes A children's book recipe for "No-Bake Spice Cookies," inspired by David Lynch's DUNE Thom Dunn

puzzles My trip through the Starmaze: a world in the 9th dimension Jane Frauenfelder

entomology David Lynch tells the story of a small bug Mark Frauenfelder

#blacklivesmatter NASCAR banned the Confederate flag, prompting calls for a boycott Mark Frauenfelder