stupid fun Polish carbide cannon Mark Frauenfelder

black lives matter Proceeds from this "White Claws Not White Pride" shirt/mask go to Black Lives Matter Thom Dunn

extremism John Cleese's 30-year-old rant on extremists seems relevant today Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Royals Clash, Clooneys divorce, and Jacko’s rotten feet in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

police Protesting is a non-essential activity, according to the Raleigh Police Department Thom Dunn

tabloids Worst Royal crisis ever spells the end of the monarchy, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

fires Customer demands refund at Burger King as restaurant burns down Rob Beschizza

politics Trump to divert $3.8B from Defense to build stupid Mexico wall Xeni Jardin

tips An intriguing list of "little-known but obvious facts" Mark Frauenfelder

Entertainment Netflix's "The Circle" is my seventh layer of hell, and I can't stop watching it Thom Dunn

artificial intelligence This company wants to use AI to help you pretend to increase diversity Thom Dunn

Gadgets JBL's Go 2 pocket bluetooth speaker is the perfect last-minute stocking stuffer Rob Beschizza

facebook 2019 was the year of voice assistant privacy dumpster fires Cory Doctorow

Games Secret games to play when you're bored in public John Struan

web theory Distinguishing between "platforms" and "aggregators" in competition law Cory Doctorow

ice ICE arrested 250 foreign-born people for the most heinous of crimes: pursuing higher education Thom Dunn

DIY Hand-making 1,000 pencils from pallet wood Xeni Jardin

Games The designer of Universal Paperclips has a new game to play with your home smart speaker John Struan

fonts Test-drive nice programming fonts live on the web Rob Beschizza

security China's new cybersecurity rules ban foreign companies from using VPNs to phone home Cory Doctorow