Sex You'll never guess what app teens use for sexting these days Xeni Jardin

politics Facebook, Google, Twitter execs summoned for House election security hearing Xeni Jardin

racism Stop using the BLM hashtag on your black square (better yet, take it down and start listening and amplifying) Rusty Blazenhoff

afrofuturism Watch this opera adaptation of an Octavia Butler novel on Friday night Thom Dunn

Gadgets Rave reviews for $280 Lenovo Chromebook Duet Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Google Script brings the full power of Google right into your app builds and this training can help you master it Boing Boing's Shop

Business Google resists giving up emails, texts, & docs sought in state anticompetitive digital ad probe — reports Xeni Jardin

woodworking Wood glues tested Rob Beschizza

surveillance Ring doorbell app packed with third-party trackers Bill Budington

Gadgets Rhasspy: a free/open voice assistant toolkit that's fully offline Cory Doctorow

privacy Search-warrant demands that Google turn over account info, Android info, all accounts and passwords, calendar, contacts, cloud docs, financial data, photos, location history, search history, call records, etc Cory Doctorow

privacy Chinese law professor's social media denunciation of facial recognition in the Beijing subway system Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Digitize your notes with this reusable notebook that's 20% off for Cyber Monday Boing Boing's Shop

canada Sidewalk Labs' quiet plan for Canada's banks to manage a national digital ID for health care and housing Lilian Radovac

Journalism Hundreds of journalists are sharing their salary information in a spreadsheet Thom Dunn

music What's cooler than being cool? Hundreds of musicians protesting ICE and Amazon Thom Dunn

podcasts The Life Cycle is a quirky new futurist podcast Mark Frauenfelder

podcasts Writer David Moldawer's favorite tools Mark Frauenfelder

Funny Where would you put the word "fuck" in William Carlos Williams's "This is Just to Say"? Cory Doctorow

law The Hippocratic License: A new software license that prohibits uses that contravene the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights Cory Doctorow