automobiles Watch this douchey dealer training video for the 1989 Chevy Celebrity Rusty Blazenhoff

drugs Watch Jeanette go from pills to reefer to heroin in this 1961 anti-drug film Andrea James

learning Watch: Social psychology for kids Mark Frauenfelder

Business Behind the One-Way Mirror: EFF's "deep dive into corporate surveillance" Cory Doctorow

net neutrality Every word Ajit Pai says about Net Neutrality is a lie, including "and" and "the" Cory Doctorow

Business Demetrification: improving social media by removing public like/follower/repost counts Cory Doctorow

health Hospital checklists work really well — except when they're not used Cory Doctorow

publishing Elsevier: "It's illegal to Sci-Hub." Also Elsevier: "We link to Sci-Hub all the time." Cory Doctorow

health Are mobile phones actually making young people's skulls develop 'hornlike spikes'? Xeni Jardin

picks Can anti-transgender bias in media be measured? Andrea James

Copyfight The Vessel: a perfect symbol for the grifter capitalism of New York City's privatized Hudson Yards "neighborhood" Cory Doctorow

Science Europe's massive plan to require open access for all science gets two new backers: Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation Cory Doctorow

sponsored Peer pressure your friends into voting with Outvote Boing Boing

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

facebook An elegant plan to use peer-pressure to fight Alex Jones on Facebook Cory Doctorow

law Ohio judge: transgender teen lacks "maturity, knowledge and stability" to get a name change Andrea James

mistakes Already regretting assigning J.G. Ballard to cover the Fyre Festival Rob Beschizza

Science Psychology journal editor asked to resign for refusing to review papers unless he can see the data Rob Beschizza

wonderful creatures Shark bites boy wearing "shark-repelling" magnetic armband Rob Beschizza

security No, Russia didn't hack Vermont's power grid Cory Doctorow