Nature I had a close encounter with a grizzly bear Séamus Bellamy

History US giving away free lighthouses to groups who will take care of them David Pescovitz

Food Collectives and non-profits feed the hungry. Some people want to make it illegal. Elías Villoro

books Rolling Warrior: a polio survivor's memoir of fighting for disability rights Elías Villoro

junk science Oil and tobacco lobbyist blames Trans-Atlantic slave trade on wind Thom Dunn

politics Corporations who helped overturn Roe v. Wade include Coca-Cola, General Motors, Comcast, Walmart and Amazon Jennifer Sandlin

instagram Instagrammer who raised $7M to evacuate Afghans struggles to use funds effectively Annie Rauwerda

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

COVID-19 Chuck Tingle offers free downloads of his healthy, coronavirus-conscious surrealist gay sci-fi erotica eBooks Thom Dunn

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Business Netflix launches $100 million coronavirus relief fund to help jobless cast and crew Xeni Jardin

late stage capitalism The weird grift of "sovereign citizens": where UFOlogy meets antisemitism by way of Cliven Bundy and cat-breeding Cory Doctorow

social media Without social organizations, social technologies will eat us alive Marina Gorbis

Science Magnificent online experience inspired by the Voyager Golden Record supports SETI, Carl Sagan Institute, Astronomers Without Borders David Pescovitz

security Security Planner: a peer-reviewed tool to help you figure out your personal digital security plan Cory Doctorow

Technology Google, Facebook, Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft join forces to protect humans from robots Xeni Jardin

happy mutants I have found a secret tunnel that runs underneath the phone companies and emerges in paradise Cory Doctorow

california Which water technology will save California from its long, dry death? Kiki Sanford