toys Rock'em Sock'em Robots — $15 Jason Weisberger

News SUV plows into BLM protest in NYC's Times Square, similar potentially deadly attacks happening around U.S. Xeni Jardin

slavers Columbus statue trips, falls into lake Rob Beschizza

music John Lennon called this song "one of the greatest strange records" David Pescovitz

security Android apps are tracking your every move and there's currently no way to stop them Seamus Bellamy

boris johnson Police called to would-be UK PM Boris Johnson's home, 'loud altercation' reported Xeni Jardin

crime Google Maps is still overrun with scammers pretending to be local businesses, and Google's profiting from them Cory Doctorow

politics Boris Johnson tops first vote in UK Conservative Party election; winner will be prime minister too Rob Beschizza

News FCC closed due to government shutdown, Ajit Pai won't be at CES Xeni Jardin

psychedelic A handful of psychedelic "Atlantis" mushrooms in Amsterdam Jason Weisberger

Art and Design Gallery of stop-motion wizard Ray Harryhausen movie posters Mark Frauenfelder

facebook American Conservative laments market concentration and private property as bad for free expression Cory Doctorow

ousters California voters fire the judge who sentenced rapist Brock Turner to six months Mark Frauenfelder

Backlash #DeleteHQ: Trivia players are angry with HQ since it's raising $15 million with Peter Thiel's Founders Fund Carla Sinclair

corruption Paradise Papers reveal cozy relationship between Stubhub and Canadian botmaster/scalper kingpin Cory Doctorow

mental illness It’s Mental Health Awareness Month: Trumpcare’s dangerous impact on mental health care Maureen Herman

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

uk In which an English technologist livetweets 11 hours of trying to make tea with a "smart" kettle Cory Doctorow

uk Happy Chilcot Day (A Fairy Story) Charlie Fletcher

books Read: Strategic Dog Patterning, a story from "Why I Hunt Flying Saucers" Hugh AD Spencer