science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn

cover songs If "Mr. Brightside" was a B-52s song Thom Dunn

parody "Mr. Brightside" but the lyrics are made from Google auto-complete results Thom Dunn

Killers hunt Prince Andrew, Brad Pitt’s secret daughter, and George Clooney’s plastic surgery shocker, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Gadgets Learn to read music by playing video games with this mobile app Boing Boing's Shop

law Man who filmed fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery is arrested for murder, 3rd arrest in Georgia investigation Xeni Jardin

music Monday: New Order's Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris's streaming tribute to Joy Division's Ian Curtis David Pescovitz

ahmed arbery Owner of half-built house says Arbery committed no crime checking it out, denounces killers Rob Beschizza

crime Ahmaud Arbery's killers arrested and charged with murder Rob Beschizza

tabloids Your dollar bills could kill you, and Prince Andrew tries to kill himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan

fbi One of the jurors who convicted Whitey Bulger started up a strange pen pal friendship with him Thom Dunn

not food Gentleman on EasyJet flight began eating his phone, forced landing David Pescovitz

climate The DHS classes nonviolent environmental activists in the same "domestic terrorist" category as Dylan Roof and James Fields Cory Doctorow

law Mass convictions of local warlords for 2009 massacre revive faith in Philippines' justice system Cory Doctorow

tories The UK's Conservative Party recently put up a new statue of known anti-Semite Nancy Astor Thom Dunn

podcast A small city mayor explains why safe drug injection sites are so effective Thom Dunn

pewdiepie PewDiePie goes on the record Rob Beschizza

apple Apple bans an app because Hong Kong protesters might use it to avoid the murderous, out of control police Cory Doctorow

white supremacy Ecofascism isn't new: white supremacy and exterminism have always lurked in the environmental movement Cory Doctorow

canada My Life on the Road — Staying Still Seamus Bellamy