military-industrial complex UFO IPO-182 – Take me to your dealer: the Pentagon UFO story, crowdfunding, and Blink-182 Phil Torrone

Gadgets Tangiplay is the children's game so fun that kids don’t realize they’re learning to code Boing Boing's Shop

Business Carnival Cruise Line to start cruises again August 1, with 8 ships leaving from Miami, Port Canaveral and Galveston. Xeni Jardin

movies Watch the epic silent film The Ten Commandments (1923) David Pescovitz

News Unhinged Trump coronavirus briefing: 'There will be death,' says 1,000 military personnel going to NY Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Are you cut out to be a COVID-19 stay-at-home teacher for your kids? Maybe these DIY projects can help. Boing Boing's Shop

video games Talking Adventure Games with Mark Yohalem Jeffery Klaehn

crime Florida man arrested for shoplifting, cute puppy accomplice also in custody Xeni Jardin

aviation The case for replacing air travel with high-speed sleeper trains Cory Doctorow

typography Tools to replace swear words with grawlixes: symbols suggesting anger and obscenity Rob Beschizza

late stage capitalism Departing Kotaku writers post a farewell message to their private equity asshole boss: "Sup dude. Suck it." Cory Doctorow

aviation 'Highly likely' Iran shot down Ukrainian airliner that killed 176 people, U.S. officials say — and probably an accident Xeni Jardin

crimes Man robs bank and tosses cash into the air shouting "Merry Christmas" David Pescovitz

corruption Payday lenders switched their trade show to a Trump hotel and sent Trump at least a million bucks, then he gave them carte blanche to make billions preying on poor people Cory Doctorow

censorship Alex Stamos on the security problems of the platforms' content moderation, and what to do about them Cory Doctorow

science fiction I'm teaching on this year's Writing Excuses Cruise! Cory Doctorow

fake news Angelina’s boozing, Prince Charles’ divorce, and college entry cheat Lori Loughlin “tells all,” in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics Bill Shine, former Fox News exec, is out as Trump’s communications strategist Xeni Jardin

Business Apple layoffs hit nearly 200 employees in self-driving car division Xeni Jardin

"monumental forgetfulness" Man spaces out and accidentally leaves an original Picasso on a train. Now it's missing Carla Sinclair