ice CBS News catches ICE Spokesman being intimidated by Homeland Security agents on video Seamus Bellamy

music New Adam Schlesinger tribute album features covers by Rachel Bloom, Charly Bliss, Sarah Silverman, Nada Surf, and many many more Thom Dunn

occupy Seattle activists have established a 6-block autonomous zone around an abandoned police station Thom Dunn

picks Happiness and fitness come from my DIY-Peloton: the 2020 update Jason Weisberger

xkcd "What If?" by Randall "xkcd" Munroe is available on Kindle Unlimited Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus State governors are taking to smuggling PPE to get around the feds Thom Dunn

sci fi The entire Animorphs book series is now available for free online Thom Dunn

coronavirus Half-marathon goes ahead in Britain despite coronavirus pandemic Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Get a head start on spring cleaning with these innovative tools from Elicto Boing Boing's Shop

type Dune logo unveiled at event; copyright claimants rush to remove it from the 'net Rob Beschizza

surveillance Toronto business and government signal full support for Sidewalk Labs' dominance of the city and beyond Rosemary Frei

This is (allegedly) the original Star Wars Episode IX plot by Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly David Pescovitz

rip Rest in Power, Allee Willis — Queen of Kitsch Rusty Blazenhoff

class war Workers at Spin, Ford's e-scooter company, have unionized in San Francisco Cory Doctorow

books The New Yorker's profile of William Gibson: "Droll, chilled out, and scarily articulate" Cory Doctorow

television Puppeteer Caroll Spinney (Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch), RIP David Pescovitz

canada Sidewalk Labs' quiet plan for Canada's banks to manage a national digital ID for health care and housing Lilian Radovac

china Massive leak of Chinese government documents reveal the "no mercy" plan for Muslims in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow

serious business Blogging is hard, learns Gawker's new bosses Rob Beschizza

Disney The case for breaking up Disney Cory Doctorow