tedx Record digger shares a great story about the discovery of a 'Holy Grail' album Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids End of the British monarchy, FBI’s Epstein cover-up, and Mary Poppins’ orgy, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutant I chatted with Danny Elfman about his new MasterClass, and his ventriloquist dummy "Buddy" Rusty Blazenhoff

travel Airbnb's easily gamed reputation system and poor customer service allow scammers to thrive Cory Doctorow

lgbt YouTube totally blows it on response to Steven Crowder's hate channel Xeni Jardin

sexual abuse FLDS and Seth Jeffs are now digging into Minnesota Xeni Jardin

spooks Undercover who targeted Citizen Lab over Israeli cyber-arms dealer is an ex-Israeli spook linked to black ops firm used by Harvey Weinstein Cory Doctorow

queen Listen to this stunning cover of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by the man who travels the world singing as Freddie Mercury Rusty Blazenhoff

Business EBGAP: Error Between Google and Privacy Sean O'Brien

ireland Weekend Tunes: Salsa Celtica–Pa'l Rumberos Seamus Bellamy

corruption Mining the Panama Papers and other leaks to reveal the hidden looting of West Africa by its corrupt elite Cory Doctorow

cambridge analytica Top execs at Cambridge Analytica boast about using sex workers to blackmail politicians Mark Frauenfelder

music This record store only carries 'Whipped Cream and Other Delights,' and it ain't for sale Rusty Blazenhoff

Gadgets Know who is coming with this WiFi surveillance camera Boing Boing's Shop

Copyfight Found at a thrift shop: the last record of a doomed Apple DRM effort from 1979 Cory Doctorow

picks Trump used $258,000 from charity to settle lawsuits involving his for-profit businesses Xeni Jardin

radio Primitive but clever inventions that predate today’s smart phones Bob Knetzger

copyright Stop the Music Charles Duan

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

Truffle hunters are getting record prices, thanks to drought Mark Frauenfelder