Science "My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence. It changed astronomy." David Pescovitz
psychedelia A virtual fireside chat with Erik Davis, Dennis McKenna, and the premiere of a never-released Terence McKenna lecture at Esalen Institute, 1989 Gareth Branwyn
antifa A Civil War reenactor tried to frame Antifa by fabricating threats against his own Civil War reenactments Thom Dunn
happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz
infosec After banning working cryptography and raiding whistleblowers, Australia's spies ban speakers from national infosec conference Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Turn killer quotes by 50 Cent, Kim Kardashian, Donald Trump and more into wall art Boing Boing's Shop
Space On Adam Savage's Tested: "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" and the Voyager Golden Record David Pescovitz
music Watch Lucille Ball demo a 1939 ancestor of the "talk box" famously used by Peter Frampton David Pescovitz
music Pete Drake's beautiful pedal steel "talk box" tune from 1963, long before Peter Frampton showed us the way David Pescovitz