music Enchanting mix of experimental, minimalist, and ambient cassette music David Pescovitz

Gadgets Busuu can teach you your favorite foreign language and you’ll have worldwide help Boing Boing's Shop

science fiction New edition of Cory Doctorow's Little Brother/Homeland with intro by Edward Snowden Mark Frauenfelder

feminism Feminist father: "If you ever hurt my daughter, I swear to God I'll let her navigate her own emotional growth" (video) Rusty Blazenhoff

Spoken Word with Electronics Sound Design: How to Make Your Home Into Eraserhead or 2001: A Space Odyssey Ethan Persoff

star wars LEGO Art announces new posters: Warhol, Beatles, Iron Man, and Star Wars sets Andrea James

sports Owen Morse sets hang gliding world record for piloting 222.22 miles over California's Owens Valley Xeni Jardin

News IRS says U.S. taxpayers must file return by July 15 or ask for extension Xeni Jardin

Spoken Word with Electronics For triggers, gates, clocks, and sociopaths alike, "Master/Slave" faces retirement Ethan Persoff

Gadgets Microsoft to permanently close its retail stores Rob Beschizza

Gadgets The Smart Beat monitor knows and studies your baby’s breathing as they sleep Boing Boing's Shop

Science "My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence. It changed astronomy." David Pescovitz

Spoken Word with Electronics In Praise of THE SPAMP! And SPIT-COIN: A Proposal to Convert All Money to Saliva Ethan Persoff

infosec How to spy on someone using a lightbulb as a remote microphone Thom Dunn

Gadgets If your AirPods keep falling out, these accessories may just change your life Boing Boing's Shop

music NirvanA.I.: This bot wrote a Nirvana song David Pescovitz

podcast Podcast: Listen to me dissect the very first episode of "Real World" with "TV Show Show" Rusty Blazenhoff

#blacklivesmatter It's not ok to use the term "slave," and the "B" in Black should be capitalized Rusty Blazenhoff

music Watch: 40 Irish women artists sing 'Dreams' by The Cranberries to raise funds for domestic abuse victims Xeni Jardin