Japan Watch: "Godspeed You! Black Emperor," a short 1976 documentary about a Japanese motorcycle youth subculture David Pescovitz

picks Instagram to blur self-harm images after Molly Russell's suicide Xeni Jardin

politics New study finds 27% of Californians age 12-17 are gender nonconforming Andrea James

Kids Documentary on Swedish kids growing up without rigid gender roles Andrea James

Technology Timothy Leary on youth culture and Japan (c. 1990) David Pescovitz

History New Netflix movie about the Chicago 7 trial, starring Sacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman David Pescovitz

education Harvard and MIT are suing over the Trump administration's student immigration ruling Thom Dunn

Japan Japanese rapper Kan a.k.a. GAMI busted for 0.5 grams of weed Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets These Smart Soccer and Basketballs are making sports training possible in the stay at home era Boing Boing's Shop

donald trump Trump rally youth: 'Aunt Jemima was canceled… She was the picture of the American dream' Xeni Jardin

politics Twitter kills 32,242 propaganda accounts, Russia, China, Turkey 'state-linked information operations' Xeni Jardin

pentagon The Pentagon developed a plan to stop a potential Gen Z rebellion in the 2020s. Thom Dunn

wired Wired just canceled Bruce Sterling's long-running blog Mark Frauenfelder

music Nearly 1000 Peel Sessions now available online Gareth Branwyn

social isolation Nebula-75, a new puppet lockdown drama from the folks that brought us Thunderbirds, Stingray, Fireball-XL5 Gareth Branwyn