Spoken Word with Electronics Those weird dirty records in our parents' basement: Belle Barth's Scary 'Adults Only' LP — and SMURF HEIST: "That Day, at Age 6, When I Broke Into a Friend's House to Steal a Gargamel Figurine" Ethan Persoff
coronavirus Here are the 5 kinds of pandemic villains who are making things worse for the rest of us Mark Frauenfelder
california Spot famous folks' scrawls in the backstage "Autograph Room" at this legendary San Francisco venue Rusty Blazenhoff
gop Mandatory childbirth: how the anti-abortion crusade masks cruelty to women in the "sacralizing of fetuses" Cory Doctorow
politics House agrees to fund September 11th Victims Compensation Fund until 2090, one day after Jon Stewart's emotional plea Xeni Jardin
vaccination Entitled anti-vaxxers weasel around California law to dangerously enroll their kids in school Jason Weisberger
security Consumer Reports finds that D-Link's home camera sends unencrypted video without unique passwords Cory Doctorow
law America's super-concentrated telcoms industry unites to sue California over Net Neutrality law Cory Doctorow
picks Google, Amazon, Twitter, other Big Tech to Congress: New California data privacy rules too tough Xeni Jardin
fake news Hollywood’s Most Hated Man, The Queen’s Assassins, and Meg Ryan Walks AND Talks, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan