Kids Best day ever: This six-year-old kid was given $1K to spend in 24 hours Rusty Blazenhoff

Business Trump threatens GOP control of Twitter, Facebook: 'We will strongly regulate, or close them down' Xeni Jardin

politics Trump pushes false Obamagate conspiracy, abuses female reporters in White House press conference Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Tangiplay is the children's game so fun that kids don’t realize they’re learning to code Boing Boing's Shop

interviews Talking adventure games with Olivia Wood Jeffery Klaehn

surveillance What it's like inside the CIA during Donald Trump's "Deep State" purge Thom Dunn

coronavirus Wuhan virus appeared in 1981 thriller novel Mark Frauenfelder

language Codifying "Boomerspeak" and debating the ethics of poking fun at it Cory Doctorow

air travel What to do when random airport security screening isn't all that random Seamus Bellamy

finance The retreat of "scientific selfishness," a literature review Cory Doctorow

alt-right A former InfoWars employee describes Alex Jones' bizarre and dangerous behavior Mark Frauenfelder

Business The Supreme Court just heard the State of Georgia's argument for copyrighting the law and charging for access to it Cory Doctorow

politics Podcast: The Engagement-Maximization Presidency Cory Doctorow

Safety What to do if you're caught up in a tear gas attack Seamus Bellamy

publishing Elsevier: "It's illegal to Sci-Hub." Also Elsevier: "We link to Sci-Hub all the time." Cory Doctorow

videos Make: a machine-learning toy on open-source hardware Cory Doctorow

politics Study: Acceptance of queer folk falls sharply among young Americans Rob Beschizza

Podcast: Mathmatica creator Stephen Wolfram's favorite tools Mark Frauenfelder

videos Ta-Nehisi Coates makes the case for reparations to Congress Cory Doctorow

serious business The attention economy "bifurcating" is just the long tail in dystopia Rob Beschizza