guns Sting operation: the NRA explains to white nationalist Australian political party how to deflect gun control calls after a massacre Cory Doctorow

History New Netflix movie about the Chicago 7 trial, starring Sacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman David Pescovitz

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

fox news Tucker Carlson's head writer fired after online harassment and bigotry exposed Rob Beschizza

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

black lives matter Proceeds from this "White Claws Not White Pride" shirt/mask go to Black Lives Matter Thom Dunn

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

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

#deletefacebook Facebook is still running white nationalist advertising Mark Frauenfelder

Barbados If you can work remotely, Barbados want you to come and stay for a year Mark Frauenfelder

voter suppression Trump's campaign against mail-in voting is backfiring by discouraging Republican absentee voters Thom Dunn

white supremacists The legal battle over those novelty Sea Monkeys and X-Ray Specs involves white supremacy and a 60s bondage film star Thom Dunn

black lives matter "Promissory Note" marries MLK's moving words with music and imagery Andrea James

sponsored If Cannabis Is “A Potential Way To Prevent COVID-19” Then Why Is Trump Blocking Research? Boing Boing

conservation Diego and other giant tortoises head to home island after saving their species Andrea James

News WHO says 'evidence emerging' airborne COVID-19 spread may be a threat indoors Xeni Jardin

Business How Japanese-style business culture applies to today’s new “business normal” Mark Frauenfelder

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

meteors Video: Massive fireball tearing through Tokyo sky caught on camera Carla Sinclair

police Police militarization is objectively bad for police and for society, according to science Thom Dunn