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

drugs What do we see when we're on drugs? To find out, this researcher used AI to read 40,000 trip reports Allan Rose Hill

Games Civilization VII gets good reviews, mostly Rob Beschizza

History These Medieval church ladies really let it all hang out Ellsworth Toohey

adorable animals Everybody's doing the "chicken paw gnaw" Jennifer Sandlin

dinosaurs Fossilized dinosaur poop reveals their dietary secrets Rob Beschizza

surveillance AI scams at the conference of American police chiefs Thom Dunn

AI MIT's AI risk database exposes 700+ ways AI could ruin your life Thom Dunn

water Watch a woman swim with a Megamouth shark Popkin

documentary Stand By for Failure, the full documentary on Negativland Natalie Dressed

movies 1986 promo reel for Cannon Group films, some of which were actually made Rob Beschizza

surveillance TJ Maxx and Marshalls workers wearing bodycams Rob Beschizza

Yellow Magic Orchestra The Japanese passenger who survived the Titanic but faced unbearable shaming at home Mister Dobo

biology Iron Maiden is popular among biologists and taxonomists, so they just named a new lizard species after frontman Bruce Dickinson Jennifer Sandlin

Republicans Expert laughs at pro-kidnapping MAGA congressperson Jason Weisberger

Culture Meet "Dash," the old-fashioned Costco shopping cart that somehow survived the purges Andrew Yi

fun "This site will self-destruct" finally self-destructs after no-one signs guestbook for 24 hours Rob Beschizza

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