china Taiwanese sympathizers are shipping helmets and gas-masks to Hong Kong Cory Doctorow

surveillance Hong Kong's #612strike protest movement: a million strong, leaderless, wireless and smart as hell Cory Doctorow

uk UK air traffic control system crashes Rob Beschizza

scams Call center scammers looted $10bn last year from U.S. Rob Beschizza

goats This restaurant involves real, live goats that spend time grazing on the rooftop Jennifer Sandlin

racism Battle of the victims: how Asian hate and the housing crisis collide in the city Maddie Lee

Comics New comic "Radiant Black" asks: what if the Power Rangers were depressed 30-somethings? Thom Dunn

News Trump weirdly defensive of Russia in his first comments on Russian hack of U.S. government Xeni Jardin

News 'Black lives matter' —Mark Zuckerberg, who says Facebook may change policy on state violence, voter suppression Xeni Jardin

Science Scientists: Drug hippos are… good? Séamus Bellamy

COVID-19 WHO on Coronavirus: 'Test, test, test. Test every suspected case' Xeni Jardin

late stage capitalism Doomsday Preppers are now selling timeshares, too Thom Dunn

native americans The Trump administration is blowing up a religious burial site to make room for their stupid wall Thom Dunn

Business US charges 4 Chinese spies with hacking Equifax Xeni Jardin

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

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

law South Carolina's magistrate judges are a clown-car of corrupt cronies, but they get to put people in jail Cory Doctorow

biology Check out this 480 million-year-old conga line of arthropods David Pescovitz

Science Cormac McCarthy on how to write a scientific (or any kind of) paper David Pescovitz

Business Data leak exposes surveillance at Russia's top telecommunications firm Xeni Jardin