work A bouncer wore a GoPro to show the drunk jerks he has to deal with Mark Frauenfelder

statues The last time a Frederick Douglass statue was vandalized in Rochester, it was because of drunk college kids Thom Dunn

prison Watch a video of my prison and opioids play "Streets Like This," performed by actors who have all dealt with incarceration Thom Dunn

coronavirus MD cops say sex offender refused to shut down 60-person coronavirus bonfire Xeni Jardin

Japan Must-haves: Drunk in public Japanese capsule toys Rusty Blazenhoff

air travel Passenger who tried to open plane door during flight given 2-year sentence Mark Frauenfelder

drugs A sober look at kratom, a psychoactive plant that has many claimed benefits, and has also inspired a moral panic Cory Doctorow

podcasts Podcast: Inaction is a form of action Cory Doctorow

san francisco Expensive underground "sleeping pods" proposed to house San Franciscans Rusty Blazenhoff

free speech Permitting the growth of monopolies is a form of government censorship Cory Doctorow

petard Republican New York State Assembly leader publishes anti-drunk driving PSA shortly before drunkenly crashing a state-owned car Cory Doctorow

tabloids Royal brawl in palace, Brad & Jen’s reunion, and 2020 predictions in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

museums Museum of Hangovers opens in Croatia David Pescovitz

reddit My new favorite subreddit is r/boomershumor Mark Frauenfelder

lawsuits Lawsuit says Juul shipped a million contaminated pods Mark Frauenfelder

Games The designer of Universal Paperclips has a new game to play with your home smart speaker John Struan

tabloids The multiverse, universal wave function and quantum mechanics in this week’s tawdry tabloids Peter Sheridan

Weird Drunk Oktoberfest e-scooter mayhem causes hundreds to lose driving licenses Xeni Jardin

Japan Tokyo Listening – an interview with author Lorraine Plourde Roger Park

Games Man-Eaters Volume Two: Fleshing out the world where girls turn into lethal werepanthers when they get their periods Cory Doctorow