security Tor Project is working on a web-wide random number generator Cory Doctorow

Business The TSA spent $1.4M on an app to tell it who gets a random search Cory Doctorow

Business Juniper blinks: firewall will nuke the NSA's favorite random number generator Cory Doctorow

music Eddy Grant sues Trump campaign for copyright infringement over "Electric Avenue" David Pescovitz

statues Melania statue in Slovenia is removed after it was burned by mysterious "vandals" Carla Sinclair

white supremacists The legal battle over those novelty Sea Monkeys and X-Ray Specs involves white supremacy and a 60s bondage film star Thom Dunn

DIY 'Origami LED Wall Art,' DIY electronics project that cost only $15 Xeni Jardin

Games Hideous Abomination, a tile-laying game where you never create the same monstrosity twice Rob Beschizza

Games Review / Among Trees Rob Beschizza

jeffrey epstein The "Jeffrey Epstein's Financial Assistant Scheme" is a 2020 twist on the classic Nigerian Prince Scam Thom Dunn

linguistics A great fucking explanation of expletive in-fucking-sertion Thom Dunn

podcasts This true crime podcast is actually a cool modern adaptation of Lovecraft Thom Dunn

to serve and protect and slash tires Cops slash dozens of car tires, then lie about why they did it Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Save over 30% on these truly wireless custom moldable earbuds Boing Boing's Shop

Food Homemade sourdough is so April. Try your hand at home-cured meat! Matt Maranian

police brutality Police response to protests against police brutality with more brutality Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Smartphone video rigs made from random junk Rob Beschizza

Technology North Dakota's COVID-19 contact tracing app leaks location data to Foursquare and a Google Ads ID: Report Xeni Jardin

musk This woman has Elon Musk's old phone number and gets calls and texts meant for him. A lot. David Pescovitz

DIY Making DIY Homemade Puppets with Jim Henson in 1969 Thom Dunn