mechanical keyboards Alien semiotics keycaps for your mechanical keyboard Rob Beschizza

Space This curious object fell from the sky in northern India David Pescovitz

History Juneteenth: "Emancipation is a marker of progress for white Americans, not black ones." David Pescovitz

fashion Fed-up cobbler fashions extra-long social-distancing shoes Rusty Blazenhoff

podcasts A new podcast explores the CIA's involvement with writing a hit song for the Scorpions Thom Dunn

Gadgets The Ringo is a build-it-yourself mobile phone that actually works Boing Boing's Shop

makers DIY method for transmitting audio in large spaces directly to people's hearing aids David Pescovitz

News Paris: Police fire tear gas, water cannons on 'yellow vest' protest anniversary Xeni Jardin

music Prince's shoe-maker used to supply 30-40 pairs of high-heeled boots/month, totaling 3,000 pairs Cory Doctorow

bobby cobb Bobby Cobb's "Penny Can" is my favorite made-for-tv game Jason Weisberger

psychedelic A handful of psychedelic "Atlantis" mushrooms in Amsterdam Jason Weisberger

books Rare centuries-old book with intricate unfolding plates Andrea James

wash your mouth A 1788 dictionary of vulgar slang Clive Thompson

roleplaying games What's new in the world of tabletop gaming? Gareth Branwyn

video Motorists falsely arrested on DUI charges describe the life-ruining results Andrea James

eff The FCC literally doesn't know how the internet works Cory Doctorow

Dungeons & Dragons Gift Guide for Tabletop Gamers 2017 Gareth Branwyn

NASA How to decode the images on the Voyager Golden Record Ron Barry

racism Listen to a Georgia cop reassure a white motorist that “we only kill black people.” Rob Beschizza

books Zoë Quinn's book about online abuse gets a release date Rob Beschizza