Culture Bot reveals rejected vanity license plates and the real DMV notes on why they were flagged Rusty Blazenhoff

cannabis Colorado auctioning off vanity plates "GANJA" and "BONG" David Pescovitz

cars New Vermont bill introduced to permit emoji on license plates David Pescovitz

corruption Across America, DMVs make millions selling your license data to private eyes — and randos Cory Doctorow

privacy Florida DMV makes millions selling Floridians' data…for pennies (and you can't opt out) Cory Doctorow

happy mutants California proposes location-tracking, e-ink license plates that display "STOLEN" if a car is boosted Cory Doctorow

driving See the driver's licenses belonging to Hitchcock, Johnny Cash, De Niro, and others David Pescovitz

Twitter bots California's bizarre license plates Grant St. Clair

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

magazines Reasonably Sized Homes magazine should exist Rob Beschizza

firsts Arizona residents can now download driver's license and state ID in their Apple Wallets Carla Sinclair

movies It's a bat, man: prankster releases actual bat at The Batman screening David Pescovitz

fake barriers Trump's wall was sawed through 3,272 times in the last 3 years with cheap tools Carla Sinclair

music Listen to this great instrumental soundtrack from a spy film that doesn't exist Thom Dunn

bad bosses Las Vegas bar demanded $4,000 payment from employee robbed at gunpoint Mark Frauenfelder

artists Artist Joe Coleman has one of the coolest houses I've ever seen Popkin

dupe France's most famous twins die from Covid after refusing vaccines Mark Frauenfelder

tuttlebuttle Remember when Chicago cops handcuffed an innocent naked black woman? City will pay her $2.9 million Mark Frauenfelder

air rage Man accused of "one of the worst displays of unruly behavior we've ever witnessed" pleads not guilty to punching American Airlines attendant Mark Frauenfelder

liminal spaces The best and worst hold music Rob Beschizza