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
books Crowdfunding an English translation of the story of activists who kept the Internet on during the Arab Spring Cory Doctorow
Technology Translated.by: crowdsourced volunteer translations to Eastern Euro languages Cory Doctorow
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
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
Gadgets LingvaNex is like Google Translate on steroids. And its abilities are pretty amazing. Boing Boing's Shop
Science In NY, 2 cats are infected with coronavirus – first U.S. pets to test positive, federal officials say Xeni Jardin