Business Axon makes false statements to town that bought its police bodycams, threatens to tase their credit-rating if they cancel the contract Cory Doctorow

crime Business is booming for the surveillance state Andrea James

law Juvenile criminal defense attorneys forced to agree to Taser's terms of service to see the state's evidence Cory Doctorow

entomology Rare Hitler Beetle is being driven to extinction by neo-Nazi collectors Mark Frauenfelder

mistakes Kanye sued by contractor he fired for refusing to install indoor generators in Malibu home he was transforming into featureless bunker Rob Beschizza

germany Tiny, eight-toothed beetles have eaten most of the spruce trees in Germany's Harz mountains Mark Frauenfelder

art Enjoy the beautiful silliness of Edward Lear's "Nonsense Botany" Popkin

Weird A taxonomy of those little plastic bread clasps Rob Beschizza

politics Judge blocks Illinois ban on assault weapons Rob Beschizza

drugs Apes like to spin in circles to get high, report scientists David Pescovitz

Science Do some animals have pretty privilege? Elías Villoro

racism Ohio's Dissident Homeschool Network instructs 2,500 members on how to raise "wonderful Nazis" David Pescovitz

Delightful Creatures How to take a quokka selfie Jennifer Sandlin

racism After 120 years, Alabamians to vote on stripping racist language from state constitution Rob Beschizza

world records "Big Okra" named tallest okra plant Jennifer Sandlin

Cryptozoology Wall Street Journal reports on Bigfoot, complete with one of their iconic "hedcut" portraits David Pescovitz

dinosaurs Fossilized dino-vomit discovered in Utah Thom Dunn

who WHO renames 2 Monkeypox "clades" Andrew Yi

turkeys Watch: Two brave cops face obstinate turkey in apartment break-in Carla Sinclair

david bowie New groups of Spiders from Earth named after David Bowie Thom Dunn