art You just eyeballed calling cards from UK's 1970s CB radio heyday Andrea James

cb radio CB radio trash talk from 1969 Mark Frauenfelder

Audio Vintage CB radio trolling from 1969 Andrea James

oregon First-ever virtual Oregon Country Fair is happening this weekend Rusty Blazenhoff

News Los Angeles County beaches CLOSED for 4th of July weekend as coronavirus spikes Xeni Jardin

basket of deplorables $1.28 billion border wall contract goes to company with history of fraud and sex crimes Mark Frauenfelder

Boston Marathon A healthcare worker ran her own Boston Marathon to spell out "Boston Strong" but she spelled it wrong Thom Dunn

Gadgets Become a master of Raspberry Pi and Arduino with the help of this training Boing Boing's Shop

radiation There's a new radiation-eating fungus strand growing at Chernobyl Thom Dunn

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

happy mutants Radicalized makes the CBC's annual Canada Reads longlist Cory Doctorow

Robert Anton Wilson Wilson and Shea's Illuminatus! trilogy to become TV series Gareth Branwyn

elections Mayor Pete: Obama should have left Chelsea Manning to rot in prison for 35 years Cory Doctorow

native americans A Canadian podcast reveals everything wrong with the Trump administration's migrant baby adoption policy Thom Dunn

music Remembering Johnny Cash on the day he died Xeni Jardin

books For rent on Airbnb: Hunter S. Thompson's Woody Creek guest cabin David Pescovitz

Science That next cocktail could burn you – literally Seamus Bellamy

unfortunate names In Cree, Heinz new 'MayoChup' translates poorly Jason Weisberger

surveillance For sale on Craigslist: 1978 undercover police surveillance van! David Pescovitz

happy mutants Talking Radicalized on CBC's Day 6, with Tim Maughan, author of Infinite Detail Cory Doctorow