government shutdown Passenger confronts Republican Congressman sitting in first class on plane during government shutdown Carla Sinclair

politics Bolton book says House impeachment inquiry should have probed Trump beyond Ukraine Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Here’s your Father’s Day Gift Guide…so you better choose wisely Boing Boing's Shop

useful stuff This is the Cadillac of cat litter scoops Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Your barista may be at home, but that doesn’t mean your coffee game should suffer Boing Boing's Shop

pandemic Pandemic sourdough baking: my second loaf and some more pretzels Jason Weisberger

Japan Must-haves: Drunk in public Japanese capsule toys Rusty Blazenhoff

Weird Beehive, 8 feet long, is removed from someone’s apartment Xeni Jardin

Hypocrites with dark secrets Trump behaves in a disrespectful manner during National Anthem, conservatives ignore it Mark Frauenfelder

Reviews This cheap professional grade electric razor is an upgrade I never knew I wanted Seamus Bellamy

corruption ICANN hits pause on the sale of .ORG to Republican billionaires' private equity fund Cory Doctorow

science fiction William Gibson's The Peripheral is on sale today as a Kindle edition Mark Frauenfelder

zoology Paris zoo opens a new exhibit with an immortal mutant slime mold called "The Blob" Thom Dunn

WeWork sounds like a real piece of work Xeni Jardin

hair Watch this guy's hair grow out in a two-year span Rusty Blazenhoff

privacy Putting a price on our data won't make the platforms stop abusing our privacy Cory Doctorow

propaganda Scandals hit US Agency for Global Media which runs VOA, Radio Martí, TV Martí Xeni Jardin

science fiction Ted Chiang's "Op Ed From the Future": socialized transhumanism vs American oligarchy Cory Doctorow

google Larry Page approved $150M stock grant to Andy Rubin despite sex abuse allegations & without board's OK, lawsuit claims Xeni Jardin

burgoo Man eats squirrel brains, gets brain disorder and dies Mark Frauenfelder