late stage capitalism Equifax's dox of America: Sign up for "free" monitoring, get billed forever Cory Doctorow

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

art Milton Glaser, legendary graphic designer, RIP David Pescovitz

History Juneteenth: "Emancipation is a marker of progress for white Americans, not black ones." David Pescovitz

News Brazil now digging up the dead from cemeteries to make room for new COVID-19 deaths Xeni Jardin

Business Reddit to honor Ohanian's request to appoint Black director, and address anti-Black hate Xeni Jardin

nypd New York Police Union doxxed Mayor DiBlasio's daughter on Twitter Thom Dunn

makers Watch: How to build your own Nintendo Switch David Pescovitz

books The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets It’s 4/20 and these pipes, grinders, and vapes can help you celebrate the right way Boing Boing's Shop

tabloids His Royal High-ness Prince Harry’s Pot Farm, and stars with only months to live, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

The hard science behind transubstantiation Church of Cyprus says it is impossible for sacramental wine and bread to transmit diseases Mark Frauenfelder

health That time a smallpox outbreak hit Deadwood Xeni Jardin

police Los Angeles police capture suspect driving stolen SUV hearse with body inside David Pescovitz

Sex Understanding the neuroscience of pleasure Mark Frauenfelder

Technology Russian priests must stop blessing nuclear weapons, says Russian Orthodox Church patriarch Xeni Jardin

housing Turning the ruins of a Medieval Italian village into a home and stone masonry school Gareth Branwyn

useful stuff Interview with Douglas Rushkoff Mark Frauenfelder

politics Passport and Nobels Jasmina Tesanovic

video games Review: "Don't Read The Comments" is a delightful YA antidote to GamerGate Thom Dunn