News Cybersecurity of 96 federal agencies reviewed. 71 of them rely on 'at risk or high risk' programs. Xeni Jardin

music "Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy" David Pescovitz

Science Did you leave your hamster DNA on a train? David Pescovitz

activism How to be a guerrilla theatre activist David Pescovitz

Gadgets The Bite Helper removes the itch of a mosquito bite in seconds Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets Save 15% on this craft tequila that comes with free shipping right to your door Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets Your home office could use some work of its own and these 20 items might just do the trick Boing Boing's Shop

surveillance What you need to know about police drone surveillance at protests against police brutality Thom Dunn

animals An author wrote a beautiful tribute to his late dog disguised as writing advice Thom Dunn

We Are Little Zombies is a treat for eyes and ears Mark Frauenfelder

Tom the Dancing Bug A Calvinesque and Hobbesian look at Antifa Ruben Bolling

birds Harvard study shows that Harvard kids are dumber than a grey parrot Thom Dunn

statues There are 43 giant stone Presidential heads crumbling in a field in Virginia Thom Dunn

Games Hideous Abomination, a tile-laying game where you never create the same monstrosity twice Rob Beschizza

#blacklivesmatter Daveed Diggs: "What to my people is the Fourth of July?" Rusty Blazenhoff

Gadgets Here are 39 of the best July 4th deals to help keep some money in your wallet Boing Boing's Shop

music This ska-jazz cover of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons theme is everything Rusty Blazenhoff

Kids Online course shows young artists how to make portraits in Kehinde Wiley's style Andrea James

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

tabloids America set to be nuked, anarchy in the US, and the men who knew too much, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan