libraries A roundup of 2018 roundups Cory Doctorow

History Aviation museums' "most wanted list" of cool aerospace artifacts lost to history David Pescovitz

media Right-wing media ran dozens of "Middle East hot takes" by fake authors Rob Beschizza

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

COVID-19 COVID Safety Guidelines for Shared Workshops Gareth Branwyn

auctions What it's like at America's school for auctioneers David Pescovitz

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

Gadgets Type with your voice with this genius note taking app Boing Boing's Shop

COVID-19 The European Union may not admit Americans once their borders reopen Seamus Bellamy

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

politics VOA to be run by Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, and Trump CEO pick Michael Pack, so two top VOA directors just quit Xeni Jardin

Spoken Word with Electronics Space Aliens are no longer visiting Earth due to an allergy to our cell phones Ethan Persoff

white supremacists Noted white nationalist and guy who got punched in the face Richard Spencer is "financially crippled" from lawsuit Thom Dunn

police How every police officer becomes complicit in a terrible system Thom Dunn

News China censors Weibo for 'interfering with online communication orders, disseminating illegal information' Xeni Jardin

black lives matter Babynames lists victims of lynchings and police violence Rob Beschizza

Technology Hacking firm in India spied on 10K+ email accounts over 7 years: Report Xeni Jardin

kickstarter Duncan Jones is raising money for a great looking graphic novel follow-up to "Moon" Thom Dunn

books Number-crunching the New York Times' bestseller list is not a good look for diversity Thom Dunn

Spoken Word with Electronics Behold, Massospora! The Insect Pandemic That Turns Cicadas Into Uncontrollable Sex Addicts Ethan Persoff