unusual places A visit to a giant reverberation chamber Mark Frauenfelder

books Two far-out books about California counterculture reviewed by Erik Davis David Pescovitz

Gadgets Mother’s Day roses that last 12 months? Yep. And they’re an extra 15% off now. Boing Boing's Shop

police Protesting is a non-essential activity, according to the Raleigh Police Department Thom Dunn

Spoken Word with Electronics Paul Krassner's Underground Abortion Referral Service, Kathy Acker's Don Quixote, and "Nightwalks During the Pandemic" Ethan Persoff

Gadgets Trump's immigration enforcement agents use cellphone location data to track individuals for detention – WSJ Xeni Jardin

happy mutant I chatted with Danny Elfman about his new MasterClass, and his ventriloquist dummy "Buddy" Rusty Blazenhoff

floss Electronic Health Records: a murderous, publicly subsidized, $13B/year grift by way of shitty software Cory Doctorow

tattoos From Bears Ears in Utah, a 2,000-year-old tattooing tool is rediscovered Xeni Jardin

experience economies The College of Extraordinary Experiences transforms you in the most mind-blowing way Ferdinando Buscema

b-side Perfectly rectangular iceberg Rob Beschizza

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

san francisco San Francisco can not generally ban sleeping in public Jason Weisberger

News Microsoft asks Congress to regulate facial recognition technology Xeni Jardin

animals Double clitorises, spiked penises, and other reptilian reproductive parts David Pescovitz

Science Biologists find new hermit crab that uses living corals as shells Andrea James

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

generators Seventh Sanctum: the web's ultimate collection of word and idea generators Rob Beschizza

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

science fiction 2017: the medium-disastrous projection (as told by Charlie Stross) Cory Doctorow