News California faces rolling blackouts again as 'heat storm' strains electrical grid Xeni Jardin

new york city When the lights went out in NYC, Broadway performed impromptu sidewalk shows Rusty Blazenhoff

elections CNN celebrates Sanders' six primary victories by airing a "documentary" about Jesus Cory Doctorow

radio Hear a radio DJ's very strange on-air experience during huge 1965 blackout David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Record numbers of people are out of work due to illness Jennifer Sandlin

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fix the police Colorado promotes drunken cop to detective Mark Frauenfelder

Space Watch NASA's fiery and magnificent time-lapse video of 133 days on the Sun's surface David Pescovitz

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justice DOJ charges 4 Louisville Metro Police officers related to Breonna Taylor's death Andrew Yi

future scenarios Watch this video that imagines a blockchain-governed future dystopia Mark Frauenfelder

Weird Bizarre pink glowing sky in Australia revealed to be a sign of a *higher* power David Pescovitz

texas Rolling blackouts expected this week for Texas's libertarian power grid Rob Beschizza

earthquakes A 7.3-magnitude earthquake hits Fukushima area of Japan Carla Sinclair

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climate change Proudly wear your own US Forest Service Lunar Orbit Adjustment Program patch in honor of congressman Louie Gohmert's (R-TX) genius climate change mitigation idea David Pescovitz