cellular automata Game of Life running on Penrose tiles Clive Thompson

dangerous rhetoric As Trump blames assassination attempts on Kamala Harris, video shows Alex Jones saying, "Please, kill him!" (video) Carla Sinclair

psychopaths 'Insane': George Conway gaslights Donald Trump with new Psycho PAC ad (video) Carla Sinclair

movies Nike faces class-action lawsuit accusing it of greenwashing Elías Villoro

tabloids America's second civil war erupts in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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

News Who has COVID-19 in Trump White House? Stephen Miller, 'A Valet,' many more Xeni Jardin

COVID-19 Renowned mathematician and "Game of Life" inventor, John Conway, died this week of COVID-19 Gareth Branwyn

Games Cool retro console lets you play Conway's Game of Life Mark Frauenfelder

attack ads Anti-Trump Conservative PAC launches a brutal attack ad against Arizona Senator Martha McSally Thom Dunn

makers Check out this cool synthesizer based on the cellular automaton, Game of Life Mark Frauenfelder

trumpism Trump's acting Chief of Staff in 2016: Trump is a "terrible human being" Cory Doctorow

Conway vs Conway Kellyanne Conway's husband on Trump: his words on immigration 'just drivel' with 'no comprehension' Carla Sinclair

art New issue of Faesthetic, the lavish and mindbending art 'zine David Pescovitz

doomsdays This is how you figure out the day of the week for any date ever, without Google Rusty Blazenhoff

fake news Trump's White House hit list, America's most hated mom, and sex scandals, in this week's tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics Elephants abandon stinking shit Rob Beschizza

picks After suddenly dropping Apple case, FBI now defeating security on iPhones in other cases Xeni Jardin

books Rudy Rucker's top 11 book picks for 2015 Mark Frauenfelder

movies Meet the scientific storytellers who can make the public afraid of anything—for a price Ethan Gilsdorf