late stage capitalism Schadenfreude watch: Porno copyright trolls' investors sue, say the grifters they backed stole their money (the grifters say their lawyer stole the money from them first!) Cory Doctorow

Japan Alien-looking robot to stock convenience store shelves David Pescovitz

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

politics Here's where Donald Trump is dining with rich donors tonight, raising $10 million with tickets at $580,600 per couple Xeni Jardin

animation Pixar director shows how to make flipbooks, from inside his closet Rusty Blazenhoff

corruption Trump administration gave a $700M bailout to a $70M truck company after it allegedly defrauded the Pentagon Thom Dunn

law IRS says it bought in to location database for millions of US cellphones to track tax crime suspects Xeni Jardin

Say goodbye to Uncle Ben, Mrs. Buttersworth, and the Cream of Wheat chef David Pescovitz

#blacklivesmatter Black Sabbath makes Black Lives Matter T-shirt Mark Frauenfelder

trump Tickets for Trump rally come with Covid-19 liability waiver Rob Beschizza

Weird Zoom sued over Bible Study that was zoom-bombed by 'Traumatizing' porn Xeni Jardin

Business Verizon, AT&T, Comcast promise not to cancel service through June for users impacted by coronavirus Xeni Jardin

Business Coronavirus outbreak leads to beef production cuts at Cargill plant in Canada that supplies McDonald's patties Xeni Jardin

art Recently discovered: Eiffel's drawings for a slightly different Statue of Liberty David Pescovitz

Business Pot use was super high in March, as were many coronavirus stay-at-homes Xeni Jardin

Gadgets You’re stuck at home…so you’ve finally got some reading time. These summary apps could be your answer. Boing Boing's Shop

coronavirus Pioneering "Top Chef Masters" winner Floyd Cardoz dies at age 59 from Coronavirus Carla Sinclair

coronavirus FDA gives go-ahead to Maryland bio-firm to accept orders on their COVID-19 Rapid Antibody Test Kit Gareth Branwyn

rpgs Attention shut-in chaos cultists: Chaosium releases "Call of Cthulhu The Coloring Book" as a free download Gareth Branwyn

books All of Me is Illustrated celebrates the Ray Bradbury Centennial with a 21st Century take on "The Illustrated Man" Matt Maranian