family Trevor Noah's 91-year-old grandmother schools him on apartheid Séamus Bellamy

music The ongoing legacies of The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy Elías Villoro

cars Tesla Fire tracks the company's spontaneous combustion problem Elías Villoro

politics The Malcolm Effect podcast covers political thought, social movement history, pop culture, Black philosophy, and theory Elías Villoro

twitter Elon Musk compared Twitter Files to a government Truth & Reconciliation Commission Thom Dunn

social media Project Mushroom, a "complete social community ecosystem", among emerging alternatives to Twitter Elías Villoro

politics Don't be afraid of the F-word. Be afraid of whom the F word refers to. Elías Villoro

the daily show Trevor Noah is leaving The Daily Show Devin Nealy

politics WaPo: Documents about foreign nation's nuclear defenses among those seized from Donald Trump's Florida compound Rob Beschizza

elon musk Elon Musk seems to think The Sex Pistols were a real punk band Jennifer Sandlin

covers Listen to this great ska cover of "No Children" by the Mountain Goats Thom Dunn

tories I seriously thought this was a Boris Johnson parody video, but it's just another Tory member of the UK Parliament Mark Frauenfelder

deaths Anti-apartheid archbishop Desmond Tutu dead at 90 Rob Beschizza

new york city Check out the flophouses and destitution of New York City's Bowery in 1956 Mark Frauenfelder

music Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello's list of five favorite albums is not (entirely) what you might expect David Pescovitz

madison cawthorn Watch weird Madison Cawthorn declare "Madam speaker, you are not God!" in over-the-top mask protest Carla Sinclair

bay area Dishes of the Diaspora explores African food in the Bay Area Janelle Hessig

black lives matter Peter Gabriel performing "Biko" with musicians from around the world Gareth Branwyn

spitting images More puppets revealed from the new Spitting Image Rob Beschizza

racism Jewish human rights scholar: yes, America has built concentration camps Cory Doctorow