Sex The town of Dildo does not want to be used in sex toy ads David Pescovitz

music Kool & The Gang co-founder Ronald "Khalis" Bell, RIP David Pescovitz

music Eddy Grant sues Trump campaign for copyright infringement over "Electric Avenue" David Pescovitz

Funny Every item scanned as "Mr Potato Head" in glitch at department stores David Pescovitz

podcasts This true crime podcast is actually a cool modern adaptation of Lovecraft Thom Dunn

Business Ben & Jerry's on Black Lives Matter and the police killing of George Floyd: We Must Dismantle White Supremacy Xeni Jardin

cults Love Letters to Hitler Mike Shaughnessy

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

los angeles Shirtless "hot Lincoln" statue from 1939 inspires jokes and fanfic Rusty Blazenhoff

trump Trump's properties routinely employed (and abused) undocumented Latinx workers, including dozens from a single Costa Rican town Cory Doctorow

music THE BUREAU: Part Seven, "Lockdown in the Building, News of an Active Shooter Near the Cafeteria" — with Mr Quintron's Circuit-Bent Guitars Ethan Persoff

texas Syndicated columnist censored for writing about the risks of hedge funds and billionaires buying papers Cory Doctorow

retro A cool retro map of USA song titles Rusty Blazenhoff

surveillance Is this the full list of US cities that have bought or considered Predpol's predictive policing services? Cory Doctorow

picks Facebook: Hackers got (very) personal data from 29M users. FIND OUT if your info was breached. Xeni Jardin

Business I spoke with the CEO of Sennheiser about audio, virtual reality and the notion of legacy Seamus Bellamy

transparency Trump's Interior Secretary is now blacking out nearly all details of his calendar Cory Doctorow

facebook American Conservative laments market concentration and private property as bad for free expression Cory Doctorow

mistakes If Google Maps says a place has a certain name, it now has that name Rob Beschizza