video games Civilization VI has been ported to iPhone and my productivity has died Seamus Bellamy

Space Trailer for new docuseries about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster David Pescovitz

activism How to be a guerrilla theatre activist David Pescovitz

News U.S. files superseding indictment against Ghislaine Maxwell Xeni Jardin

trees Your allergies are bad because of tree sexism Thom Dunn

Gadgets In a pinch, this solar powered phone charger could just save the day Boing Boing's Shop

County fair Fair food fix: California county fair hosts drive-thru events Rusty Blazenhoff

futility closet Two settlers disappeared from a small Eastern Pacific island in 1934 Futility Closet

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

police Police militarization is objectively bad for police and for society, according to science Thom Dunn

racism The US Department of Justice was originally created to tackle white supremacy Thom Dunn

News DHS announces 'Task Force to Protect American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues' Xeni Jardin

racism Facebook says they removed 220 'Boogaloo' groups and 95 Instagram accounts Xeni Jardin

Science A Scheme of Heaven is a deep investigation of astrology from a scientist’s perspective Ferdinando Buscema

police brutality North Carolina cop: "We are just going to go out and start slaughtering them f—— n——" Rob Beschizza

events There's a cool Ignite Live event tonight at 6pm PT Mark Frauenfelder

Science NASA delivers first grant in 30 years to support the search for extraterrestrial intelligence David Pescovitz

Business Facial recognition leads to wrongful arrest of Black man in Detroit Xeni Jardin

Science "My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence. It changed astronomy." David Pescovitz

Business Plagued by security woes, Zoom promises end-to-end encryption starting in July Xeni Jardin