bad parking Here's a bunch of notes left on windshields of bad parkers Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Coronavirus can make you fat, the Queen is still dying, and a sex tape nightmare, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

COVID-19 A train engineer in California took the Trolley Problem way too literally and did it bad Thom Dunn

video games Talking Adventure Games with Mark Yohalem Jeffery Klaehn

music Douglas Rushkoff on Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (1950-2020) Douglas Rushkoff

Reviews Review: SpotHero should be called SpotZero Mark Frauenfelder

florida Orlando cop fired after grabbing teen by hair and yanking her head Rob Beschizza

Weird Thieves mistakenly steal bag with 4 live snakes inside Xeni Jardin

human behavior Bad idea: driver won't sign $80 citation, drives away from cop Mark Frauenfelder

music End.Game: a synth album from 19A0 Rob Beschizza

law Heirs' property: how southern states allow white land developers to steal reconstruction-era land from Black families Cory Doctorow

racism Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst Catherynne Valente

Business The empirical impact of Lyft and Uber on cities: congestion (especially downtown, especially during "surges"), overworked drivers Cory Doctorow

motorcycles The Hells Angels have left the building David Pescovitz

burning man The BLM's Burning Man environmental impact statement is terrible, calls for drug searches, dumpsters, and a 19,000,000lb concrete wall Cory Doctorow

wikileaks Waiting For Assange: A Tragicomedy Tweet Thread Xeni Jardin

bank robbers Bank robber gets away, until he slips and spills his cash — right in front of a police officer Carla Sinclair

Bike nerd vs e-bike: wrapping it all up Dave Tolnai

travel My life on the road: stranded in Wyoming Seamus Bellamy

Reviews I love the Garmin Tactix Charlie, so it'll likely get lost or broken Seamus Bellamy