music The Library of Congress is launching an open-source archive of hip-hop samples dating back more than a century Thom Dunn
Gadgets Your barista may be at home, but that doesn’t mean your coffee game should suffer Boing Boing's Shop
politics DOJ charges former Twitter staff with spying for Saudi Arabia, digging into MBS critics' accounts Xeni Jardin
race Courts and cops don't know what to do with "sovereign citizens," the delusional far-rightists who claim the law doesn't apply to them Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism France fines UBS €3.7b for helping rich French residents launder more than €10b Cory Doctorow
happy mutants America's Fiber Future: Susan Crawford on how America's wired future is slipping away Cory Doctorow
music THE BUREAU: Part Six, The History of Telepathic Infant-Based Mind Control of U.S. Presidents Ethan Persoff
politics #ProtectMueller protests demand justice, “Trump is not above the law.” (Video, Photos) Xeni Jardin
picks What 'Independence Day' Is Like In Transnistria, An Unrecognized Country Inside Moldova Katherine Leipper
News Trump's government denying passports to some Americans born near U.S.-Mexico border: WaPo Xeni Jardin
mount vesuvius Ancient Roman turned down tragic death by volcano for a slapstick alternative Seamus Bellamy
Science Santa Fe: Come see Neal Stephenson, NASA's Pete Worden, Los Alamos's Nina Lanza, JPL's Sasha Samochina (and me!) at the Interplanetary Festival! Cory Doctorow
law The UK's Data Protection Bill doesn't protect immigrants; help the Open Rights Group raise £30,000 for a court challenge Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism World Bank recommends that countries eliminate minimum wage, dismantle wrongful dismissal rules and contractual protections for workers Cory Doctorow
