politics Anita Hill voting for Joe Biden, willing to work on gender violence and equality issues with him if elected Xeni Jardin

gender Anita Hill on how sexual harassment allegations should be handled Cory Doctorow

supreme court John Oliver offers corrupt Clarence Thomas a luxury RV and $1 million a year to "get the f*ck off the Supreme Court" Mark Frauenfelder

climate change New study: air pollution is deadlier than cigarette smoke or AIDS Thom Dunn

Bizarre New York Times obit calls Orrin Hatch a "gentlemanly conservative rock" Mark Frauenfelder

music REM's Michael Stipe talks about his incredible collection of outsider art David Pescovitz

JD Vance Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance's "I don't really care" comments on Ukraine look even worse today Carla Sinclair

pandemic Modern bathroom design is a direct response to pandemic planning Thom Dunn

authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow

politics House passes Voting Rights Advancement Act to restore Voting Rights Act of 1965 Xeni Jardin

china Leaked documents document China's plan for mass arrests and concentration-camp internment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow

music Listen to this compelling mash-up of 50 songs from 1979 David Pescovitz

racism Facebook claims to be taking white supremacist violence more seriously, LMAO Xeni Jardin

books For rent on Airbnb: Hunter S. Thompson's Woody Creek guest cabin David Pescovitz

lunchbucket joe Anita Hill rejected Joe Biden's fauxpology Mark Frauenfelder

politics Joe Biden announces presidential bid Rob Beschizza

CIA RIP, George HW Bush: a mass-murderer and war-criminal Cory Doctorow

authoritarianism Bernie Sanders on fighting global authoritarianism Cory Doctorow

picks Brett Kavanaugh called Hillary Clinton a bitch Rob Beschizza

News Orrin Hatch on Kavanaugh accusations: "…it would be hard for senators not to consider who he is today" Gina Loukareas