underwater Is Amazon's water-resisting plastic bag for your phone better than a plain ol' Ziploc? Jason Weisberger

coronavirus Baseball stadium invites dancing robots to mask eerie emptiness during game Carla Sinclair

art Baroque punk papercraft bust by Asya and Dmitry Kozins Andrea James

Gadgets Here are 39 of the best July 4th deals to help keep some money in your wallet Boing Boing's Shop

science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn

facebook In a panic over fleeing advertisers, Facebook launches PR blitz to announce it is "a mirror to society" Mark Frauenfelder

racism Ken Burns: our monuments are representations of myth, not fact Seamus Bellamy

arsenic Whole Foods' bottled water has "concerning levels of arsenic," says Consumer Reports Carla Sinclair

music Nile Rodgers tells of transforming Bowie's "Let's Dance" from folky to beyond funky David Pescovitz

remixes Goodfellas recut as a 90s sitcom Mark Frauenfelder

occupy Seattle activists have established a 6-block autonomous zone around an abandoned police station Thom Dunn

#blacklivesmatter NASCAR banned the Confederate flag, prompting calls for a boycott Mark Frauenfelder

education After MLK's assassination, this schoolteacher conducted a legendary social experiment to teach kids about racism David Pescovitz

politics In crazy tweet, Donald Trump claims police spied on him Xeni Jardin

Spoken Word with Electronics Behold, Massospora! The Insect Pandemic That Turns Cicadas Into Uncontrollable Sex Addicts Ethan Persoff

History Tony Hawk's first skateboard is now in the Smithsonian David Pescovitz

quarantine crafting Color in your favorite hard rockers with these Kerrang! cover coloring books Thom Dunn

makers Watch this impressive Lego tapas factory crank out a steady stream of snacks David Pescovitz

podcasts Open Culture has a new directory of the "Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind" Mark Frauenfelder

speech People can hear your gesticulations Thom Dunn