china A spent Chinese rocket booster destroyed part of a village near the launching site Thom Dunn

sheds Work in a $17k shed Rob Beschizza

useful stuff Kevin Kelly and I talk about some of our favorite tools Mark Frauenfelder

mistakes High school apologizes for assigning suicide note as English homework Rob Beschizza

apple Apple cleans up Siri's privacy problems, screwing over workers in the process Seamus Bellamy

plagiarism High school student claims principal plagiarized Ashton Kutcher for graduation speech David Pescovitz

mass surveillance In this Twitter exchange, jetBlue explains to a passenger how it got a photo of her face — from the DHS Mark Frauenfelder

Business A celebration of Libro.fm: the indie, DRM-free Audible alternative that helps your local bookseller (with giveaway!) Cory Doctorow

music THE BUREAU: Part Six, The History of Telepathic Infant-Based Mind Control of U.S. Presidents Ethan Persoff

canada No, you can't buy legal weed in Canada and bring it back to the 'States Seamus Bellamy

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

News New game show pays off winner's student loans Gina Loukareas

law An upcoming Supreme Court ruling could force all workers into forced arbitration, deprived of the right to class lawsuits Cory Doctorow

shitty news A list of poop-filled places beyond the bathroom Carla Sinclair

web theory How abusive bosses and Slack led software engineers to unionize and demand justice Cory Doctorow

Japanese culture Being a fake loved one is big business for this Japanese man Rusty Blazenhoff

picks Top 5 filthiest areas in an airplane that can make you sick Carla Sinclair

mental illness It’s Mental Health Awareness Month: Trumpcare’s dangerous impact on mental health care Maureen Herman

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

science fiction Sci-Fi Sundays: Amazing Science Fiction, April 1958 Caleb Kraft