Science Scientists finally explain why microwaved grapes emit glorious bursts of plasma Cory Doctorow
militarized policing Handy advice for dodging and disarming the sonic weapons used by militarized police Thom Dunn
Gadgets These earplugs are engineered to save your hearing without messing with your music Boing Boing's Shop
surveillance America's rotten ISPs object to encrypted DNS, argue that losing the ability to spy on your traffic puts them at a competitive disadvantage Cory Doctorow
happy mutants On Fire: Naomi Klein's book is a time-series of the shift from climate denial to nihilism to Green New Deal hope Cory Doctorow
china From Tiananmen to Occupy Central to the Umbrella Movement to today's General Strike: understanding the Hong Kong uprising Cory Doctorow
Business Structural Separation: antitrust's tried-and-true weapon for monopolists who bottleneck markets Cory Doctorow
photography Absolutely spectacular first-ever air-to-air images of supersonic jets' shockwaves interacting David Pescovitz
music THE BUREAU: Part Nine, "Your Sandwich Speaks!" — with SBaGen-based Digital Drugs for New Year's Eve Ethan Persoff
racism Portrait of a fake news troll and the racist retiree who believes everything he writes Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism California ballot measure to reintroduce rent control met with millions in opposition from Wall Street landlords Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Puerto Rico didn't suffer a "natural disaster": it was looted and starved long before the hurricanes Cory Doctorow
