Science Lasers can beam audible messages directly to people's ears David Pescovitz

Talking comics with One Man War on Terror cartoonist Benjamin Marra Jeffery Klaehn

Rock n Roll A classical flutist listens to Ian Anderson in 1969 and 1976 Gareth Branwyn

coronavirus Trump's personal valet just came down with Covid-19 Carla Sinclair

video games Creator of Stardew Valley: "It’s important to me not to just entertain, but to delight" Jeffery Klaehn

new york city A day in NY in the early 1980s through the eyes of musicians, artists, activists, filmmakers, and more Gareth Branwyn

interviews Talking adventure games with Olivia Wood Jeffery Klaehn

gwot One of the CIA's waterboarding torturers called himself "The Preacher" and shouted religious nonsense while performing executions Cory Doctorow

crime White nationalists planned to murder cops and pro-gun protesters in Virginia Cory Doctorow

trial by combat Gentleman asks a court for a legal sword fight with his ex-wife to settle custody and property tax disagreement Carla Sinclair

tests The best brand of duct tape Rob Beschizza

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

politics Christianity Today: Trump should be impeached and removed, 'morally lost and confused' Xeni Jardin

late stage capitalism NYC paid McKinsey $27.5m to reduce violence at Riker's, producing useless recommendations backed by junk evidence Cory Doctorow

tabloids The trial of the century, Epstein’s killer exposed, and Obama’s hatred, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

boomers George Carlin explains why Boomers are terrible Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Just This Banjo: free/open banjo instruction for an angry moment, because you can't be sad while playing the banjo Cory Doctorow

passings RIP Daniel Johnston 1961-2019 Case Esparros

eff A cycle of renewal, broken: How Big Tech and Big Media abuse copyright law to slay competition Cory Doctorow

security You have the right to remain encrypted Albert Fox Cahn & Ayyan Zubair