COVID-19 Woman trapped with a blind date after Chinese COVID lockdown Thom Dunn

COVID-19 New COVID lockdown rules limit alcohol possession for certain Australians Thom Dunn

post-punk Peter Hook (New Order), his son, and other musicians doing a beautiful rendition of "Ceremony" Gareth Branwyn

music "Tainted Love" on a hand-cranked music box Gareth Branwyn

pranks A UK man dressed as a bush sneaks through a neighborhood on lockdown Gareth Branwyn

Science It's fun to watch tardigrades squirm around on Twitch, adorably Xeni Jardin

Comic Books Freaky finds: shopping for comics at Bizarro-Wuxtry Lee Keeler

carceral state The Corrections Project documentary series tackles America's carceral state Elías Villoro

books Book Gift Ideas: Black Feminist memoirs on justice, Africanfuturism, theoretical physics, and abolition. Elías Villoro

Ani-Mates Australian actor and comedian Sam Cotton's "Ani-Mates" Jennifer Sandlin

words Is "Goblin Mode" really the Word of the Year, or are we being gaslighted? Thom Dunn

movies Anya Taylor Joy recounts the surreal feeling of becoming famous during quarantine Devin Nealy

politics Food, memory and resistance in Palestine Elías Villoro

trumpism Woman exposes her GQP mind disorder while shutting it down at Trump rally Carla Sinclair

politics Democracy in Chile and the ghosts of Pinochet Elías Villoro

diseases STD epidemic in US is "out of control," say public health experts David Pescovitz

china Chinese kids posing as "American Teens" in front of blue lockers at Ikea Jennifer Sandlin

horror Watch Roger the Rat, a film created during South Africa's pandemic lockdown Popkin

covid China's life expectancy "now higher than that of the U.S.", if you pick the right sources Rob Beschizza

kari lake The new Maricopa County Democratic Party social media star mercilessly taunts Kari Lake Jennifer Sandlin