videos Candid Republican operators admit that voter ID laws are about disenfranchisement Cory Doctorow

guns Not first rodeo for gun-toting St. Louis couple Rob Beschizza

News SCOTUS rules Donald Trump financial records must be released to NY DA, but House won't get tax returns before election Xeni Jardin

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

police I don't think the creator of this pro-policing political cartoon actually read "Frankenstein" Thom Dunn

politics Britain offers citizenship to 3 million Hong Kong residents after China crackdown Rob Beschizza

cannabis Celebrate 4/20 by watching the weed exploitation classic Reefer Madness David Pescovitz

art Noah Wall paints audio portraits using the structures of New York Gareth Branwyn

video games Talking Adventure Games with Mark Yohalem Jeffery Klaehn

politics 'Are you real?' Putin swears he doesn't have a body double Xeni Jardin

science fiction A new blog post series exploring the history and import of cyberpunk launches on Adafruit Gareth Branwyn

music The 27-song playlist that Lou Reed made just before he died Gareth Branwyn

rpgs Crowdfunding an old school gaming zine as part of Kickstarter's Zine Quest 2 campaign Gareth Branwyn

mass surveillance Garnet Hertz's "Experiments in Surveillance Capitalism: Device for Calling the Department of Homeland Security" Gareth Branwyn

music Psychedelic Furs announce first studio album in 29 years, release first single, "Don’t Believe" Gareth Branwyn

privacy The answer to the Clearview AI scandal is better privacy laws, not anti-scraping laws Cory Doctorow

music Listen to this strange and compelling mix of field recordings, cut-ups, and sound art David Pescovitz

comedy Famous comedians have turned to the same sleazy tactics as CEOs and politicians to protect their in-progress jokes Thom Dunn

Business Judge says Facebook users entitled to better security but not $ damages Xeni Jardin

Weird Alaska man arrested for $400,000 of heroin and meth stuffed in rotten goat guts Xeni Jardin