Business Wells Fargo gives its CEO a $4.6m raise on flat earnings and more scandals Cory Doctorow

law Wells Fargo's CEO told Congress that he wouldn't enforce binding arbitration, so Wells is getting sued in Utah Cory Doctorow

Business Wells Fargo's new CEO previously denied that the bank's sales culture had any problems Cory Doctorow

History Bastards of the Party: a ­documentary about why gangs emerged in L.A. Elías Villoro

mermaids A brief history of what we think mermaids might look like Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets Want the secrets that every great CFO already knows? This e-book explains it all. Boing Boing's Shop

math sequences Here's a puzzle that's easy only after you hear the solution: What comes after 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14? Carla Sinclair

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

music Discover the joys of Sea Shanty TikTok Thom Dunn

Old school On "Fraidycat", and the pleasures of non-algorithmic tools for following stuff online Clive Thompson

AI Google AI helps you write a poem in the style of famous poets of the past Clive Thompson

police brutality A member of the Breonna Taylor Grand Jury has successfully pressured the Kentucky AG into releasing the deliberation tapes Thom Dunn

books A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Number 42 David Pescovitz

COVID-19 How does your local hospital's access to COVID-19 resources like ICU beds and ventilators stack up with other U.S cities? Xeni Jardin

cancer Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg treated for cancer, again Xeni Jardin

Democrats Elizabeth Warren proposes holding execs criminally liable for scams and data breaches Cory Doctorow

Business Wells Fargo is looking for a new CEO Cory Doctorow

Entertainment Can you guess the meaning of these Droodles? Mark Frauenfelder

Business Not customers: doctors have patients, libraries have patrons, lawyers have clients and teachers have students Cory Doctorow

brain teasers Can you figure out what number comes next? Carla Sinclair