corruption UC Davis Chancellor spent $400K+ to scrub her online reputation after pepper-spray incident Cory Doctorow

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

Food Papa John's Pizza Bowls pose the important question "what is food?" Elías Villoro

racism On this day, George Stinney became the youngest American executed in the 20th century Devin Nealy

movies Watch the epic blaxploitation flick "Trouble Man" in its entirety Devin Nealy

tv Live-action Cowboy Bebop trailer Rob Beschizza

kickstarter Kickstart this cool new comic of North American folktales by Indigenous artists Thom Dunn

tabloids Biden's Vietnam and his blackmail nightmare in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music In the Beatles' "Hey Jude," you can hear someone say "Fucking hell!" David Pescovitz

crime How crime rates during COVID compare to the Spanish Flu Thom Dunn

News U.S. reports over 1,000 coronavirus deaths for first time in two weeks Xeni Jardin

covid 39,327 new Covid cases on America's worst day yet for new infections Rob Beschizza

music New book about the books that changed David Bowie's life David Pescovitz

movies Actor Danny Aiello has died at 86 Xeni Jardin

language The Yiddish roots of "glitch" David Pescovitz

health People with diabetes are scouring the internet for a discontinued insulin pump that can be reprogrammed as an "artificial pancreas" Cory Doctorow

Democrats Wealthy Dems and their backers hate Bernie (and Warren) for the same reason they hated Kucinich: he wants to tax the rich Cory Doctorow