Audio Coffee shop ambient sound, for those staying at home who miss it Xeni Jardin

sponsored It's Time for Silicon Valley To Finish Its Job of Disrupting the Racist Drug War Boing Boing

new york city A day in NY in the early 1980s through the eyes of musicians, artists, activists, filmmakers, and more Gareth Branwyn

politics Right-wing troll Jacob Wohl finally charged with a felony Rob Beschizza

newspapers Starbucks to stop selling newspapers Xeni Jardin

late stage capitalism Chase's idiotic poverty-shaming "inspirational" tweet, and Twitter users' magnificent responses thereto Cory Doctorow

psychedelic A handful of psychedelic "Atlantis" mushrooms in Amsterdam Jason Weisberger

fake news Michael Jackson is alive, Elvis is haunting Wayne Newton, and Sean Hannity’s secrets are revealed, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

batteries Swapping batteries on a 2011-era MacBook Air Jason Weisberger

travel Video tour of the "coolest district in Prague" Mark Frauenfelder

spyware ShutUp10 makes using Windows 10 a whole lot more pleasant Seamus Bellamy

new york Lawsuit filed over ginger ale allegedly containing no ginger Seamus Bellamy

Book Candles for book lovers Jason Weisberger

Tim Hortons Canadian stereotype foils bank robbery Seamus Bellamy

drinking straws You can eat these drinking straws Rusty Blazenhoff

fake news JFK’s killer, Michael Jackson’s ghost, and Meghan Markle’s halibut, in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

Food Quantifying American urban food-waste Cory Doctorow

fake news Inside Kim Jong-Un’s bunker, the plot to kidnap Prince George, and other fabrications in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

Gadgets Touring, complete: what gear survived four months of hard-wearing book-tour? Cory Doctorow

coolest starbucks on earth Traditional Japanese-style Starbucks opens in Kyoto Carla Sinclair