slow motion Saturday Slow Mo: The IBM Selectric Jason Weisberger

craft beer Get yourself to Melbourne, Australia for the Blobfish Beer Festival! Jennifer Sandlin

afrofuturism Mark Dery on the "everything, all at once" art and life of Jean-Michel Basquiat Gareth Branwyn

racism 'Complete sh*tshow': Drive-thru Dickens fair deemed a disaster Rusty Blazenhoff

italy Barefoot string quartet—floating on a giant violin—performs Vivaldi in Venice Rusty Blazenhoff

apple Apple fires misogynistic employee just hours after he was hired Mark Frauenfelder

News Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft all set to deliver Ryugu asteroid samples to Earth Sunday, December 6 Xeni Jardin

election2020 TV networks call election for Biden Rob Beschizza

politics South Dakota Attorney General finds body of man he killed Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 U.S. sets record high COVID cases for 3 days in a row, nearly 69,000 new cases today Xeni Jardin

the lincoln project The Lincoln Project: Today's new ad features Trump and his 'slow the testing down' line Carla Sinclair

lies lies lies No joke: Trump says again today that we're "way ahead" if we slow down testing Carla Sinclair

animals Beloved, abandoned dog with the crazy eyes has finally been adopted David Pescovitz

Business Charter/Spectrum sold customers expensive home security systems, then killed the program and left them high and dry Cory Doctorow

crime More than 20 Texas cities and towns have been taken hostage by ransomware Cory Doctorow

criminals Brazil prisoner who almost escaped in 'teen girl' disguise is found hanged to death Xeni Jardin

sports Watch boxer's incredible ability to dodge punches David Pescovitz

violence Republican lawmaker "punched wife in the face" for not getting undressed fast enough when he wanted sex Rob Beschizza

grifters Jack Dorsey, 'lifestyle guru,' touted as 'Gwyneth Paltrow for Silicon Valley' Xeni Jardin

puzzles This is what 'going viral' looks like Rusty Blazenhoff