cuba Cuba reportedly jammed amateur (ham) radio communications during last week's protests David Pescovitz

makers That UFO shot down over Alaska likely belonged to a group of amateur radio balloon hobbyists David Pescovitz

bbc The Young Ones and the Fifth Housemate Elías Villoro

mysteries The mysterious case of the dead hiker whose body can't be identified by anyone Thom Dunn

micronations Sealand's caretakers Rob Beschizza

morse code High-speed morse code with a straight key Rob Beschizza

authors Fear and Soldering, an excerpt from Peter Bebergal's Strange Frequencies Gareth Branwyn

racism Trump supporter berates black Lyft driver with racial slurs and calls cops because he wouldn't put the radio on Rob Beschizza

david bowie BBC on David Bowie in 1965: "Singer not particularly exciting. Routines dull" Carla Sinclair

crime Lyft charges man $150 for vomit clean-up, his wife proves it's a fraud Mark Frauenfelder

420 Weekend Tunes: Dread Zeppelin Séamus Bellamy

video Amateur radio astronomer discovers long-lost satellite Andrea James

happy mutants Kickstarting an antifascist cyberpunk RPG Cory Doctorow

navelgazing Australian TV host disgusted at Daily Mail's misogyny Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Tiny magic shop on roadside in Arizona Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants It's about Time: Reading Steampunk's Rise and Roots Rachel A. Bowser and Brian Croxall

music My brother produced a '60s Malaysian psych-garage rock tribute to Adnan Othman, and you must hear it Xeni Jardin

DRONES Area 51: new "no drone" warning signs David Pescovitz

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

Atoms Under the Floorboards Boing Boing