usps They're never going to get rid of the Postal Service because then who would deliver the scorpions? Thom Dunn

epa Federal court rules that Scott Pruitt's sham EPA can't ban scientists from its scientific advisory board Thom Dunn

late stage capitalism Telcoms lobbyists have convinced 26 states to ban or restrict municipal broadband Cory Doctorow

corruption Text-mining journalists find that lawmakers introduced 10,000 bills that were copypasted from lobbyists' "model legislation" Cory Doctorow

Food Court strikes down Iowa's unconstitutional ag-gag law Cory Doctorow

corruption Chinese surveillance/tech giant Alibaba joins ALEC, will start co-authoring US legislation Cory Doctorow

corporatism Group behind voter ID, stand your ground, ag-gag, private prison, anti-muni-wifi, and killing Obamacare now planning rules for jailing pipeline protesters Cory Doctorow

videos Being a Lego Master Builder is a real career path, and I'm seriously reconsidering my life choices Grant St. Clair

retrocomputing In the 1980s, we (tried) to download software from the radio Rob Beschizza

linguistics This tiny North Carolina island is last place in America where people talk like actual pirates (video) Ellsworth Toohey

alternative facts CNN's Scott Jennings defends Elon Musk's Nazi salute — until he's asked to "do it right now on TV" (video) Carla Sinclair

computers Chart helps you convert between BASIC dialects in 1984 Rob Beschizza

Jocelyn Wildenstein, famed for catlike cosmetic surgery, dead at 79 or maybe 84 Rob Beschizza

Science Data Sonification: NASA audializes space for those with low vision Gail Sherman

politics Josh Gad, dressed as Trump, performing the Divinyls' hit, "I Touch Myself" perfectly captures Trump's extreme narcissism Jennifer Sandlin

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza

ill-tempered gentlemen Los Angeles man goes haywire, sucker-punching magician at child's party, assaulting 2 others (video) Carla Sinclair

mistakes MAGA dork tweets from wrong account Rob Beschizza

guns Judge dismisses manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin Rob Beschizza

mistakes Alec Baldwin's manslaughter trial begins Rob Beschizza