encryption A glimpse at the messy future of Signal, the popular encrypted messaging app Thom Dunn

copyright San Diego Comic-Con@Home video panel thwarted by YouTube's copyright algorithms Thom Dunn

podcasts Podcast: Inaction is a form of action Cory Doctorow

free speech Permitting the growth of monopolies is a form of government censorship Cory Doctorow

music When Bob Dylan made concert promoters quit the "Folk Poet of Our Times" hype Ruben Bolling

cars 1950s car armrests FTW Popkin

happy mutants Please leave this new family alone. They are begging you. Jennifer Sandlin

music John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats becomes a singing, dancing ghost in new video, "Murder at the 18th Street Garage" Jennifer Sandlin

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politics U.S. government to shut down today unless last-minute deal reached Rob Beschizza

diplomacy US Secretary of State covers "Hoochie Coochie Man"on guitar at State Department function Thom Dunn

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unions Epic Games sells Bandcamp, just six months after employees try to unionize Thom Dunn

paris Bedbugs take Paris Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures Emotional support alligator denied admission to baseball game Ruben Bolling

climate change Scientists release hundreds of thousands of crabs in Florida to protect coral reefs Thom Dunn

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music Delight in vintage footage of Talking Heads' David Byrne practicing his dance moves in the early 1980s (video) David Pescovitz

politics AOC reveals GOP's fabricated text messages in Biden impeachment inquiry (video) Mark Frauenfelder

data Elon Musk went to the Texas border, put on a cowboy hat, and tried to livestream himself rambling about immigration. The stream experienced rapid unscheduled dissassembly. Rob Beschizza