dogs Heck Valentines Day just fall in love with some doggos Xeni Jardin

inspiration Advice/inspiration: The "best part of getting laid off" Rusty Blazenhoff

b-side Boston Dynamics robot dog herds sheep Rob Beschizza

cars Drifting in Japan, 1990s edition Rob Beschizza

puppets This Saturday: Another bonkers streaming service by the almighty Opp Jason Weisberger

emotional boosts If you want to make yourself feel better, look up your first name on Urban Dictionary Mark Frauenfelder

music John Denver's "Country Roads" in minor key Rob Beschizza

cartoons The Simpsons intro as a Russian art film Rob Beschizza

tabloids RFK’s mystery shooter, the Queen’s wrath, and Doris Day’s dogs, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

eu We lost the fight for balance in the EU's Copyright Directive, but here's what we won Cory Doctorow

picks Facebook Chief Product Officer Chris Cox & WhatsApp VP Chris Daniels are leaving Xeni Jardin

wasps Man invents wasp vacuum and ends up with box of wasps Rob Beschizza

music Bob Mould's catchy new music video about surveillance and paranoia David Pescovitz

twitter A megathread of dirty industry secrets that you'll be glad you know even as you wish you didn't Cory Doctorow

Цпited States Фf днлпerica Star Spangled Banner sounds Russian when played in a minor key Mark Frauenfelder

Red Dead Redemption 2's multiplayer world about to launch Jason Weisberger

politics Beach Week (2018), a film by the Coen Brothers Rob Beschizza

gender A comedian and the former president of Ireland have a new podcast about women and climate justice Cory Doctorow