health Syracuse cops falsely accuse man of rectal dope-stashing and take him to hospital for nonconsensual anal probe; now he must pay $4600 for the procedure Cory Doctorow

music Watch this Prince & The Revolution smoking live concert from 1985 David Pescovitz

comedy Jerry Stiller, "Frank Costanza" on Seinfeld, RIP David Pescovitz

b-side RIP, Bozo the Clown [Updated] Mark Frauenfelder

Joe Biden The misadventures of Corn Pop and Joe Gina Loukareas

Business How the super-rich defeated the IRS's crack Global High Wealth unit Cory Doctorow

elections How a political outsider's fundraising tool is helping insurgent, working-class Dems mount primary challenges and campaigns Cory Doctorow

trumpism Border family separation isn't "zero tolerance" – CBP looked for parents to charge so they could kidnap kids Cory Doctorow

Book Here's how to save a wet book or paper Andrea James

millennials Couple suing overgrown 30-year-old son for not moving out of their house Carla Sinclair

discrimination ICE agents remove legal foreign worker from farm, threaten farmer when questioned about having a warrant Seamus Bellamy

Copyfight A proposal to stop 3D printers from making guns is a perfect parable of everything wrong with information security Cory Doctorow

Nature Baby whales have to learn how to talk, too Andrea James

the king of sports Bowler Ben Ketola sets world record with fastest 300 game Mark Frauenfelder

politics TV news pioneer John McLaughlin dies at 89 Xeni Jardin

Idiocracy Economist removed from plane for algebra, flight delayed 1.5 hours Mark Frauenfelder

racism 74% of Whitesboro voters support racism Jason Weisberger

corruption The more unequal your society is, the more your laws will favor the rich Cory Doctorow

new york city NYC rats walking upright, holding rodent Burning Man David Pescovitz

lemony snicket A Series of Unfortunate Questions for Daniel Handler Mark Dery