picks Fyre festival organizers hit with $100 million fraud and breach of contract lawsuit Mark Frauenfelder

podcasts This true crime podcast is actually a cool modern adaptation of Lovecraft Thom Dunn

turtles Flying turtle smashes through Georgia driver's windshield Thom Dunn

afrofuturism Watch this opera adaptation of an Octavia Butler novel on Friday night Thom Dunn

video games Get into Google's Stadia game service for free Seamus Bellamy

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

real estate The US government just "disestablished" a Native American reservation Thom Dunn

guns A fascinating computer analysis of the linguistic context around the 2nd Amendment Thom Dunn

Games EA to brick Tetris phone app Rob Beschizza

Science Anne Dagg, pioneering giraffe biologist and feminist critic of "evolutionary psychology" receives the Order of Canada Cory Doctorow

politics Large, diverse coalition of civil society groups tell the US, UK and Australian governments not to ban working encryption Cory Doctorow

mistakes were made Runner who slapped journalist on butt is Tommy Callaway, a youth minister and boy scout leader in Statesboro, Georgia Mark Frauenfelder

1201 Apple's extension of "Activation Locks" to laptops will turn refurbishable electronics into e-waste Cory Doctorow

china MMT: when does government deficit spending improve debt-to-GDP ratios? Cory Doctorow

charity Charitable Giving Guide 2019 Boing Boing

economics A layperson-friendly introduction to MMT, a heterodox school of economics that could finance a Green New Deal Cory Doctorow

privacy Apple poses a false dichotomy between "privacy" and "competition" Cory Doctorow

class war The Labour manifesto: transformation of the welfare system, fair conditions for workers, universal housing, home care for elderly, fully funded NHS, fair taxes for the rich Cory Doctorow

incarceration Objectivity is a myth, and a single tweet explains why Thom Dunn

health American health care's life-destroying "surprise bills" are the fault of local, private-equity monopolies Cory Doctorow