law Computer says no: British judge refuses to cancel divorce resulting from computer mistake Rob Beschizza
Science This 1900 film of a solar eclipse may be the oldest footage of an astronomical event ever (video) David Pescovitz
Robert Anton Wilson "A Ugandan hunter is tranquilizing gorillas and dressing them in clown suits" — the origins of a crazy story that lives on Mark Frauenfelder
crime UK courts falsely convicted hundreds of postal workers of crimes because of an accounting bug. Why are they not being exonerated? Rob Beschizza
musical theater Phantom of the Opera creator Andrew Lloyd Webber called priest to rid haunted home of phantom David Pescovitz
politics UK and German foreign ministers call for "sustainable" ceasefire in Gaza, ex-Defense Minister writes of Netanyahu's shame-fueled "killing rage" Rob Beschizza
black lives matter Alan Moore has been donating all his Watchmen money to Black Lives Matter Thom Dunn