Aggression Watch: Man on bike attacks a group of activists, including a young girl Carla Sinclair

Aggression North Korea launches 2 missiles, Japan says "serious threat" Carla Sinclair

police brutality NYPD officers assault Associated Press journalist, force crew to stop covering protest Rob Beschizza

b-side Is 2020 over yet? Mark Frauenfelder

music Shut-in sounds: 33 of the best industrial albums Gareth Branwyn

politics Trump wants 25% cut in US military fund to deter Russian aggression Xeni Jardin

crime You will be helped! Research using real-world situations fails to replicate the "bystander effect" Cory Doctorow

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

grifters George Zimmerman is suing Trayvon Martin's mother for $100M in order to promote a movie Thom Dunn

police Boston cops clocked 9,000 hours of overtime at the "Straight Pride" parade — and none of it with body cams Thom Dunn

animation This 1977 animation uses glass beads to tell the story of life and death Mark Frauenfelder

Business Adblocking: How about nah? Cory Doctorow

security Independent evaluation of "aggression detection" microphones used in schools and hospitals finds them to be worse than useless Cory Doctorow

video games Gen Xers, and their kids, play Fortnite together Jason Weisberger

reefer madness Malcolm Gladwell wrote a flawed weed moral panic piece for The New Yorker Mark Frauenfelder

News On Twitter, Trump cancels Putin G20 meeting, but Kremlin says they have not been notified of cancellation Xeni Jardin

war Ebola outbreak in Congo: things are getting worse Seamus Bellamy

racism Toxic gaming culture explained by the people who study it Jason Weisberger

biometrics AI system looks at faces and rates them for responsibility, happiness, aggression, attractiveness, weirdness, and emotional stability Mark Frauenfelder

religion Interview: Dr. Karl E H Seigfried talks Ásatrú, Heathenry and beards Seamus Bellamy