salons Odd video about egg yolk massages, pine needle baths, and strawberries for skin care David Pescovitz

fights Hair salon smackdown: bad haircut recipient v. inordinately loyal customer Rob Beschizza

france French tribunal rules "faggot" isn't homophobic Rob Beschizza

photography Taliban bans all images of living things in Afghanistan Mark Frauenfelder

religion Taliban bans the sound of womens' voices singing or reading Rob Beschizza

taliban Taliban announces it will start stoning women to death in public Mark Frauenfelder

sexism Taliban orders Afghanistan's hair salons to shut Rob Beschizza

Art and Design How Patrick Nagel prints (and crude imitations) came to haunt America's hair salons Devin Nealy

studies Gel manicures lead to "cell death and cancer-causing mutations," says new study Carla Sinclair

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

recycling In Belgium, you can recycle your hair David Pescovitz

politics Boris Johnson flew home from vacation thinking he'd get his old job back as UK Prime Minister, only to find himself iced out by old cronies Rob Beschizza

sexual assualt Police come 40 minutes after public masturbator does Mark Frauenfelder

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News Germany begins hard lockdown against coronavirus until at least January 10, as COVID-19 spreads Xeni Jardin

fashion China university soccer game cancelled because players had dyed hair David Pescovitz

News Six Bay Area regions — San Francisco, Santa Clara, Marin, Contra Costa, Alameda counties, and Berkeley — to enact stay-at-home order starting Sunday Xeni Jardin

News California Governor Newsom orders new limits based on ICU capacity, as COVID-19 soars Xeni Jardin

News Oops. Nevermind. California rolls back reopening as coronavirus spikes Xeni Jardin

COVID-19 'Bar Lives Matter' concert promoted by Texas bar owner to protest coronavirus restrictions Xeni Jardin