guns The Navajo Nation is trying to buy up a major US gun manufacturer Thom Dunn

trumpism The NRA begs gun nuts for donations, spends lavishly on its board of directors and execs Cory Doctorow

Science Watch a blowtorch-wielding robodog kill weeds Gail Sherman

guns The problem with "Red Flag" gun laws Thom Dunn

News "Good guy with a gun" kills a teenager Jason Weisberger

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

twitter Twitter users will no longer be able to hide their blue checks Rob Beschizza

Alex Jones "I will eat your leftist ass": Alex Jones desires cannibalism, not sex act Mark Frauenfelder

music Here's a primer on the far-out sounds of free jazz David Pescovitz

racism "Gonna round up": CMT yanks Jason Aldean song about "good ol' boys" killing you-know-who after music video shot at site of notorious lynching Rob Beschizza

police After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics Elías Villoro

law "Good" guy with AR-15 rifle stands at school bus drop-off Ruben Bolling

feeding the nra Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for more guns after Nashville school shooting Carla Sinclair

canada More than 30-50 Feral Canadian Hybrid "Super Pigs" reportedly headed towards USA Thom Dunn

teenagers 15-year-old student makes a fool out of Bill O'Reilly on his own show Mark Frauenfelder

russia Russian hitman who held up Ukrainian skull has been shot in the skull Carla Sinclair

gun control A "good police" demonstration results in only one child shot Jason Weisberger

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

trump The Trump Store in Tombstone, Arizona Jennifer Sandlin

music Wax Italia: Digging for 45s in Florence and Rome Lee Keeler