star trek Watch the hosts of a Star Trek public access TV show deal with a rash of prank calls (1993) David Pescovitz

music When you run out of gancha David Pescovitz

lakes Councilman seems to think he owns public lakefront area by his house Rob Beschizza

b-side Court orders venture capital billionaire to restore access to public beach Mark Frauenfelder

music Watch Blondie's Debbie Harry on a pogo stick explaining the punk Pogo dance (1978) David Pescovitz

free speech Why Harper's "Letter on Justice and Open Debate" is dumb Mark Frauenfelder

News SCOTUS rules Donald Trump financial records must be released to NY DA, but House won't get tax returns before election Xeni Jardin

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

Technology Finally revealed: identity of hacker blamed for stealing from 300+ companies and governments, in 44 countries Xeni Jardin

documentaries Short documentary about Kharkovchanka, huge Antarctic off-road vehicles made by the Soviets Rob Beschizza

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

News Los Angeles County beaches CLOSED for 4th of July weekend as coronavirus spikes Xeni Jardin

punk rock Celebrate Emma Goldman's birthday (belatedly) with this radical song Thom Dunn

sponsored It's Time for Silicon Valley To Finish Its Job of Disrupting the Racist Drug War Boing Boing

jeffrey epstein The "Jeffrey Epstein's Financial Assistant Scheme" is a 2020 twist on the classic Nigerian Prince Scam Thom Dunn

Technology Senate GOP introduce bill to end 'warrant-proof' encryption, end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp is targeted Xeni Jardin

Spoken Word with Electronics In Praise of THE SPAMP! And SPIT-COIN: A Proposal to Convert All Money to Saliva Ethan Persoff

politics Facebook, Google, Twitter execs summoned for House election security hearing Xeni Jardin

publishing Internet Archive ending free e-books program over publisher lawsuit, National Emergency Library to close for 2 weeks Xeni Jardin

police The ACLU analyzed the number of police in schools compared to social workers, and the results are staggering Thom Dunn