photography Visiting the dead on Google Street View David Pescovitz

animation Google Maps Streetview Player animates any entered trip Andrea James

offworld 7 games you can play with Google Maps Laura Hudson

Japan Incredible restored video of Tokyo from 1913-1915 Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets MagiMask is the next stage in the evolution of augmented reality Boing Boing's Shop

podcasts A new podcast explores the CIA's involvement with writing a hit song for the Scorpions Thom Dunn

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

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

nest Mattress shopping with a bad back Jason Weisberger

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

class war Top tech grads are increasingly unwilling to work for Big Tech, viewing it as a new, unethical Wall Street Cory Doctorow

sesame street Big Bird put through a lie detector test Rusty Blazenhoff

Science A "Google Street View" for the natural sounds of remote Australia David Pescovitz

happy mutants Anarcho-hydrology: watch as a public-spirited drain clearer videos his incredibly satisfying adventures in storm mitigation Cory Doctorow

travel Airbnb's easily gamed reputation system and poor customer service allow scammers to thrive Cory Doctorow

facebook Facebook to pay handpicked corporate news outlets up to $3 million a year to license content: WSJ Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Good Omens is amazing Cory Doctorow

normalizing racism Ex-GOP staffer who racially assaulted black woman and wrote for white supremacist site VDare now writes for WSJ, Forbes Xeni Jardin

Business To chase out low-waged workers, Mountain View is banning overnight RV and van parking Cory Doctorow

Business Apple layoffs hit nearly 200 employees in self-driving car division Xeni Jardin