books How Ken Liu went from engineer to lawyer to SF writer to the foremost translator of Chinese sf into English Cory Doctorow

Games Translator upset after unintended KKK reference removed from English version of Japanese game Rob Beschizza

language Space Age Language Translator! Richard Kaufman

books Crowdfunding an English translation of the story of activists who kept the Internet on during the Arab Spring Cory Doctorow

Games Peculiarities and miscellanea of the Street Fighter series Rob Beschizza

history of the future 1947 film about the future shows handheld TV users bumping into each other Mark Frauenfelder

censorship Church of England refuses to allow foreign language on a gravestone, calling it a "political statement" Thom Dunn

art Another flawless art restoration in Spain Rob Beschizza

robots Wearable robotic "third arm" can punch through a wall David Pescovitz

black lives matter A US cop made an Irish "Blue Lives Matter" shirt that accidentally said "Black Lives Matter" Thom Dunn

music There's actually an interesting (and obsessive) story behind Wheatus's "Teenage Dirtbag" Thom Dunn

music Watch this Klingon perform "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in her native tongue David Pescovitz

Gadgets LingvaNex is like Google Translate on steroids. And its abilities are pretty amazing. Boing Boing's Shop

anime AI turns mugshots into anime portraits Rob Beschizza

rona Simple footplate lets shoppers open fridges without touching them Rob Beschizza

Science In NY, 2 cats are infected with coronavirus – first U.S. pets to test positive, federal officials say Xeni Jardin

movies Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits David Pescovitz