privacy Apple now requires a court order before it lets cops see your push notifications Rob Beschizza

corruption In Alabama, it's traditional for sheriffs who lose their elections to steal and waste money, destroy public property Cory Doctorow

Games Subreddit dedicated to running DOOM on anything and everything Grant St. Clair

big tech Eoin Higgins'"Owned" is a harrowing history of the right-wing billionaire tech takeover Thom Dunn

Ancient painted penis bone found in quarry Allan Rose Hill

arizona Snake at a wedding: reptile stopped by to say "congratulationsssss" but is rudely removed from celebration Jennifer Sandlin

twitter Twitter users will no longer be able to hide their blue checks Rob Beschizza

microsoft Windows XP 2024 Edition is the final boss of fantasy OSes Rob Beschizza

oceanography Computer-generated videos of 10 largest tsunamis Elías Villoro

facial recognition Artists disrupting facial recognition technologies Jennifer Sandlin

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

flight Instructor surprises student pilot by letting him land on his first flight Rusty Blazenhoff

art Legendary fantasy artist Chris Achilleos dead at 74 Rob Beschizza

Science Why Quillette sucks Rob Beschizza

Business WATCH: Astronauts prepare for rare splashdown in SpaceX capsule, target is 7:34 p.m. EDT on Saturday, August 1 Xeni Jardin

Science Astronaut shows what happens when you drop a hammer and feather at the same time on the moon Rusty Blazenhoff

Science Sequencing an anciet girl's genome from a 5,700-year-old piece of chewing gum David Pescovitz

outsider art Documentary about the life and death of Terry Davis, creator of TempleOS Rob Beschizza

burning man The BLM's Burning Man environmental impact statement is terrible, calls for drug searches, dumpsters, and a 19,000,000lb concrete wall Cory Doctorow