Copyfight Blame authors' fortunes on monopolism, not university professors, booksellers and librarians — UPDATED Cory Doctorow

Kinman Dwarf galaxy Massive star 100 times larger than the sun mysteriously disappears Carla Sinclair

tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Gadgets Here are 10 of the best free offers or giveaways we found this week Boing Boing's Shop

trump Trump ad uses Nazi symbol to woo voters Mark Frauenfelder

police violence A US Air Force Sergeant linked to Boogaloo Bois charged with killing police officer Thom Dunn

Science How do you count more than 60,000 sea turtles? David Pescovitz

black lives matter Ohio protestor dies after being tear-gassed by police Rob Beschizza

police Military police un-ironically re-stage the Boston Massacre during anti-police protests Thom Dunn

finders keepers Someone found the $1 million treasure chest in the Rocky Mountains David Pescovitz

facebook Over 30 ex-Facebook employees slam Zuckerberg's inaction on harmful political posts in open letter Carla Sinclair

drugs Porn star who makes penis candles arrested for murder after psychedelic toad venom ritual David Pescovitz

george floyd Minneapolis police have allegedly blinded a photojournalist permanently in one eye Thom Dunn

police brutality The cop who killed George Floyd has a long record of police brutality Thom Dunn

podcasts Open Culture has a new directory of the "Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind" Mark Frauenfelder

interviews Talking Comics with Ignatz Award-Winning Cartoonist Noah Van Sciver Jeffery Klaehn

china Beijing to base China security agencies in Hong Kong Xeni Jardin

censorship Florida's COVID-19 'dashboard' official: I was removed for refusing to 'manually change data' Xeni Jardin

politics 'Needless suffering and death' — Dr. Anthony Fauci to testify before Senate on White House coronavirus response Xeni Jardin

cthulhu Get ordained in the First United Church of Cthulhu Thom Dunn