health How an Army buddy's call for help sent a scientist on a brain injury quest Xeni Jardin

politics Trump lies, 'They’ve come up with the AIDS vaccine' Xeni Jardin

police brutality Police response to protests against police brutality with more brutality Rob Beschizza

Gadgets You won't want to miss out on these Memorial Day kitchen steals Boing Boing's Shop

tv The Simpsons predicted 2020 including the murder hornets David Pescovitz

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police procedurals If Samuel Beckett was the star of a 70s cop show Thom Dunn

coronavirus PornHub offers free Premium service to Italians and will donate proceeds to fight coronavirus Thom Dunn

adventures Five people rescued during dangerous Alaskan hike back from "Into the Wild" bus David Pescovitz

Business Why I won't buy an Ipad: ten years later Cory Doctorow

surveillance Surveillance is the new blooming onion at Outback Steakhouse Thom Dunn

halloween So much great vintage Halloween stuff at my local flea market this month Rusty Blazenhoff

stop children what's that sound Digital hearing aids are producing sound as lousy as MP3s Clive Thompson

dogs Walter Geoffrey the Frenchie dog is a singing drama queen [Sound ON] Xeni Jardin

animals French bulldog fell from six-story building and will be just fine! David Pescovitz

historical footage Watch: sights and sounds of Tokyo in 1934 Mark Frauenfelder

Turn your drone into a flying flamethrower David Pescovitz

law Heirs' property: how southern states allow white land developers to steal reconstruction-era land from Black families Cory Doctorow

health Life with chronic Lyme disease ("post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome") sucks Cory Doctorow

dogs 2020 Presidential candidates and their dogs Jason Weisberger