music industry Record labels attempt to bankrupt Internet Archive over grandpa's dusty old 78s Ellsworth Toohey

History 18 million weird old books are waiting for you in this free online archive Ellsworth Toohey

Entertainment Allee Willis — genius behind "Friends" theme song, finally gets her incredible story told Mark Frauenfelder

computer science NARA recovers famed 1982 Grace Hopper lecture recorded on obsolete media format Rob Beschizza

music In 1964, two teens complained about "obscene" "Louie, Louie" lyrics to Indiana governor — 50 years later a reporter tracked them down and asked why Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants The Doo Dah Parade is the "twisted sister of the conventional Rose Parade" Jennifer Sandlin

racism Dhoruba Bin Wahad was jailed for 19 years in the FBI's illegal COINTELPRO project Elías Villoro

History "Growing Chains": Prison Agriculture and Capitalism Elías Villoro

crimes Long-missing, this cane's handle is carved with Jack the Ripper's creepy face David Pescovitz

twitter Finally, something interesting came from the Twitter Files Thom Dunn

History Every day I learn from the Twitter account @AfricanArchives Elías Villoro

san francisco San Francisco fines a couple $1,542 for parking in their own driveway Carla Sinclair

google Google infiltrated by "cult-like religious sect," says NYT reporter Mark Frauenfelder

witchcraft New Salem Witch Trials exhibit re-examines the meaning of "witch" Thom Dunn

real estate For $5 million you can own the narrowest house in New York City David Pescovitz

agriculture A former FBI investigator now hunts down long lost apples. He's found dozens of them. Thom Dunn

gadgets The best Typewriter blog Rob Beschizza

photography The most haunted images from the Boston Public Library's recently digitized photo archives Thom Dunn

sounds Scientists: Last year, Earth was the quietest it's been in decades David Pescovitz

History Earliest known photograph of a tornado Rob Beschizza