movies From Million Dollar Baby to Requiem for a Dream: the most depressing mainstream films Ellsworth Toohey

russia Tucker Carlson says Russia is a great country because a communist-era subway station in Moscow has a chandelier Mark Frauenfelder

elon musk The best fake interview between Kanye and Elon you'll ever watch Mark Frauenfelder

donald trump Trump: "If you don't have heaven, what's the reason? Why do I have to be good?" Ellsworth Toohey

china New Microsoft report says China campaign accused U.S. of using a military-grade "weather weapon" to deliberately start the Maui wildfires Mark Frauenfelder

politics DeSmog is the antidote to disinformation about climate, energy, and environmental issues Jennifer Sandlin

racism Battle of the victims: how Asian hate and the housing crisis collide in the city Maddie Lee

podcasts New podcast explores the rise and fall of Seattle's "real-life superhero," Phoenix Jones Thom Dunn

books The Metamodernism of Hanzi Freinacht Ferdinando Buscema

Will Smith Tony Rock responds to Will Smith smacking his brother Chris Devin Nealy

The Streisand Center for Litigating Unwanted Attention A "visionary act of generosity" creates UCLA's new Barbra Streisand Institute Jason Weisberger

police India court moves to ban "cures" for sexual orientation Jess Sabine

Science We need a "science of the night" David Pescovitz

News Trump ex-attorney Michael Cohen sentenced: 3 years prison, $500,000 forfeiture, $1.4 million restitution, $50,000 fine Xeni Jardin

canada The New York Times has the dope on cannabis use in Canada Séamus Bellamy

News Microsoft asks Congress to regulate facial recognition technology Xeni Jardin

privacy Amazon doesn't like how Signal circumvents censorship Séamus Bellamy

trump Trump and the psychology of doom and gloom David Pescovitz

science fiction Climate science and climate fiction – where data intersects with art Cat Sparks

security Information security needs its own National Institutes of Health Cory Doctorow