russia Russia's airborne dicketry comes close to America's shores Seamus Bellamy

politics Two Russia-backed hacker groups target Europe ahead of elections, FireEye reports Xeni Jardin

nato Watch other NATO leaders grimace as Trump claims they owe money Jason Weisberger

GOP Convention Mitch McConnell is 7th senator to back away from the Republican National Convention Carla Sinclair

micronations Sealand's caretakers Rob Beschizza

science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn

television The time a man held a news anchor hostage on live TV David Pescovitz

Science A Scheme of Heaven is a deep investigation of astrology from a scientist’s perspective Ferdinando Buscema

art Another flawless art restoration in Spain Rob Beschizza

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

Gadgets Go back to high school with these classes on anatomy and physiology Boing Boing's Shop

republican voters against trump Watch: new ad on Fox features lifelong Republicans from Oklahoma who won't be voting for Trump Carla Sinclair

police violence A US Air Force Sergeant linked to Boogaloo Bois charged with killing police officer Thom Dunn

videos Watch this head-spinning video of interconnected Olympic acrobatics David Pescovitz

Gadgets Suit up for the ultimate summer camping trip with these essential items Boing Boing's Shop

Lindsey Graham Lindsey Graham says "Joe Biden is as good a man as God ever created" in new ad Carla Sinclair

publishing Internet Archive ending free e-books program over publisher lawsuit, National Emergency Library to close for 2 weeks Xeni Jardin

racists Ohio state senator asked if “the colored population” gets Covid-19 more often because they "do not wash their hands as well as other groups" Mark Frauenfelder