rat fink Who created Rat Fink? Bob Knetzger

Science Australian waterway mysteriously turned electric blue Allan Rose Hill

politics Why exactly does Carson City, Nevada public administrator Scott Hoen need to keep all those corpses on ice? Rob Beschizza

$50m centrist news site shuts after one year of wealthy owners insisting that's what everyone wants Rob Beschizza

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

hacker lore A story about a weird "magic switch" at MIT Mark Frauenfelder

custom cars Happy Birthday, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth! Bob Knetzger

gifts Three great art books that'll arrive by Christmas Bob Knetzger

ghosts Oldest-known drawing of a ghost found on ancient Babylonian tablet Thom Dunn

charity Charities beg America to stop giving them trash Rob Beschizza

dupe NY Post "reporter" resigns after being "ordered" to write fictional story about Kamala Harris Carla Sinclair

mistakes were made Couple plans wedding at a mansion they assumed was vacant, but the owner was home and called the cops Mark Frauenfelder

politics Yale professor says she was fired at Alan Dershowitz's behest after criticizing him Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 The makeshift coronavirus hospital in Central Park requires workers to oppose LGBTQ rights Thom Dunn

politics Joe Biden projected to win Michigan, Mississippi, & Missouri Democratic primaries Xeni Jardin

Business Ecommerce sites' mobile templates hide information that shoppers use to save money Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Davos in the Desert is back, and banks and hedge fund managers are flocking to Mister Bone-Saw's side Cory Doctorow

gained in translation Non-Chinese politicians in Canada give themselves Chinese language names for campaigning John Struan

trump Steve Bannon used nonconsensually harvested location data to advertise to people who'd been to a Catholic church Cory Doctorow