music Madonna's "Justify My Love" with only Lenny Kravitz's backing vocals is excellent mutant pop David Pescovitz
us news With crossbow, 'Good Samaritan' accidentally kills man he was trying to save from 2 pit bulls' attack Xeni Jardin
corruption Brazil's authoritarians charge Glenn Greenwald with cybercrime for publishing leaks that revealed corruption at the highest levels Cory Doctorow
Kids Kid with cerebral palsy skateboards for first time with help from mom and technology Xeni Jardin
excessive punishment A 21-year-old who overslept and missed jury duty was given 10 days in jail Mark Frauenfelder
san francicisco San Franciscans happily house Oregonian searching for his lost dog 'Yippy' Jason Weisberger
politics Revenge porn shitweasel and U.S. Senate hopeful Craig Brittain has a "racist texts" problem Rob Beschizza
human rights Elizabeth Warren proposes a ban on private prisons and immigration facilities Cory Doctorow
Science "How to take a picture of a black hole," a 2017 TED talk by grad student Katie Bouman who then helped make it happen David Pescovitz
politics Paul Manafort sentenced to 47 months in prison in Virginia trial, sentencing in Washington DC case next week Xeni Jardin
late stage capitalism Artist Nan Goldin leads protests at the Guggenheim and the Met over their reputation-laundering of the Sacklers' opioid epidemic fortunes Cory Doctorow
elections Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is preparing for New York's establishment Dems to eliminate her district Cory Doctorow
