block Payment software company Square changed its name to 'Block' this month. Now H&R Block is suing them. Annie Rauwerda
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
demanding passengers Oklahoma bus crashes after passenger punches the driver — all because he wouldn't illegally pull over (video) Carla Sinclair
Musical instruments The Karen Speaker Manager guitar pedal will give you a new tone to speak to the manager with Thom Dunn
News Cities are using Ballot Bins that allow smokers to "vote" on questions by depositing their cigarette butts Mark Frauenfelder
education Field trip to Willis Wonderland included in UCLA's summer kitsch & camp course Rusty Blazenhoff
unlicensed spas At least 3 women who got "vampire facials" in New Mexico were infected with H.I.V. Carla Sinclair
politics Kevin McCartney's longtime friend and political protege investigated for sex crime against daughter Mark Frauenfelder
consequences Donald Trump gripes at courthouse that the Stormy Daniels affair trial keeps him from Melania on her birthday (video) Carla Sinclair
Comic Books Read this incredible essay about Magneto, Judaism, and the legacy of the Holocaust Thom Dunn