Japan Japanese rapper Kan a.k.a. GAMI busted for 0.5 grams of weed Mark Frauenfelder

statues There are 43 giant stone Presidential heads crumbling in a field in Virginia Thom Dunn

unions A supposedly progressive vegan food company called No Evil Foods was involved in some evil union busting Thom Dunn

coronavirus Police sting operation busts an "illegal" nail salon Thom Dunn

Spoken Word with Electronics Hear E.E. Cummings Read "anyone lived in a pretty how town" and Paul Krassner Recalls: "The Day I Met Lenny Bruce!" Ethan Persoff

Funny Watch the Cookie Monster's first appearance, in a 1967 IBM training film David Pescovitz

happy mutants "The Stab": a forgotten nearly-was Haunted Mansion changing portrait Cory Doctorow

Police Blotter Florida cop accused of false drugs arrests held on $1 million bond Mark Frauenfelder

non verbal communication A former FBI spy catcher shows how to read body language Mark Frauenfelder

politics Facebook bans election-attack firm linked to Israeli military and 'dozens' more disinformation accounts Xeni Jardin

law Ontario parliamentarian calls for Right to Repair legislation Cory Doctorow

alternative facts Busted: Fox host Chris Wallace fact checks Sarah Sanders on air Carla Sinclair

Business Apple's CEO: tech regulation is "inevitable" Cory Doctorow

corruption How the NYPD recriminalized marijuana after the state decriminalized it Cory Doctorow

Business EFF has comprehensively killed the bullshit podcasting patent Cory Doctorow

smart objects In this 1967 IBM training video, the Cookie Monster eats a talking computerized coffee machine Mark Frauenfelder

london Man spontaneously combusts Rob Beschizza

Disney Make the Haunted Mansion's Hitching Ghosts Who Follow You Home Richard Kaufman

robots Tiny RoboBee flies, swims, and launches itself out of water back into the air David Pescovitz

Copyfight Crowdfunded by listeners, EFF perma-kills a bogus podcasting patent Cory Doctorow