new york Another 80s 'shame' video: A Staten Island Bar Mitzvah celebration in 1988 Rusty Blazenhoff

racism Lawyer for gun-toting St. Louis couple describes his clients as "melanin-deficient human beings" Thom Dunn

idiots in cars Driver does a back-up-of-shame on narrow mountain road Mark Frauenfelder

racism Ahmaud Arbery: 2 months ago, unarmed black man shot and killed by civilians for jogging. Video just came out. Thom Dunn

Gadgets Decompress with the world’s first drop-in meditation studio Boing Boing's Shop

coronavirus Here are the 5 kinds of pandemic villains who are making things worse for the rest of us Mark Frauenfelder

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow

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

bad ideas Restaurant shamed for using live crabs in claw machine Mark Frauenfelder

racism NRA TV was so racist even the NRA says it was racist Rob Beschizza

History The wonderful You Must Remember This podcast returns to tell the secret history of Disney's most racist movie, Song of the South Cory Doctorow

Copyfight CBC sues Canada's Conservative Party for using short debate clips in campaign materials Cory Doctorow

World Mental Health Day It’s World Mental Health Day: A primer on depression for the public-at-large Maureen Herman

law Far-right Australian billionaire demands $500k and a vow of silence from a satirical vlogger Cory Doctorow

asshole design A glossary of dirty tricks websites use against their readers Mark Frauenfelder

death If you think Jeffrey Epstein was murdered because no prison would treat an inmate that negligently… Cory Doctorow

uspoli From #TelegramGate to #RickyLeaks: Puerto Rico is on ?! Cory Doctorow

scammers Turning the tables on tech support scammers Rob Beschizza

Alien invasion base on the moon, Michael Jackson’s body missing, and Prince Harry’s clash with Trump, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

canada Grocer designed embarrassing plastic bags to shame shoppers into bringing reusable ones Rusty Blazenhoff