protesters How it feels to get sonic blasted by an LRAD Thom Dunn

militarized policing Handy advice for dodging and disarming the sonic weapons used by militarized police Thom Dunn

robots Have you ever seen a robot play the cello? Jennifer Sandlin

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza

monotonous conmen Donald Trump is mid-speech when hundreds of bored rally-goers exit the gates (video) Carla Sinclair

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

Panic In Year Zero (1962), a survival science fiction film was just uploaded to the Internet Archive Mark Frauenfelder

fast food Taco Bells employees set off fireworks inside, starting fire while locked outside David Pescovitz

florida Notoriously abusive Florida cop fired for seventh time Rob Beschizza

sounds Which country's Emergency Alert System siren is the most alarming? Popkin

star wars Listen to the original NPR radio drama adaptations of the first STAR WARS trilogy Thom Dunn

typography Tools to replace swear words with grawlixes: symbols suggesting anger and obscenity Rob Beschizza

animation This dark and amazing animation about the end of humankind aired on Ed Sullivan in 1956 David Pescovitz

picks Facebook and FTC negotiating multi-BILLION dollar fine over privacy violations Xeni Jardin

Kids Traditional Danish houses thatched with tons of seaweed Andrea James

happy mutants Comedy writer has exactly the right response to his kid's Fahrenheit 451 permission slip Cory Doctorow

brown note New military "noise gun" very loud indeed Rob Beschizza

tech Online activism and why the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act must die Molly Sauter