golden Living vicariously via a kid riding a motorcycle at Salar de Uyuni Andrew Yi

marsupials Quendas have no right to be so adorable *and* helpful Jennifer Sandlin

portland Portland loses its jug-shaped strip club Jason Weisberger

books A House With Good Bones: Another fantastic read by T. Kingfisher Jason Weisberger

Dukes of Hazzard's Bo Duke has a new film for fellow victims of the "woke left" Elías Villoro

music Wax Italia: Digging for 45s in Florence and Rome Lee Keeler

Science This otherworldly timelapse of the Aurora Borealis is astonishing David Pescovitz

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

News Man in India who worshiped Trump dies of cardiac arrest after learning POTUS got COVID-19 Xeni Jardin

halloween Halloween candy sales likely to dip and festivities are being cancelled Mark Frauenfelder

Science The strange planet where it rains iron David Pescovitz

Artistic L.A. trucker transforms road grit into truck masterpieces Xeni Jardin

class war Terror as disappearances follow Chinese student communists' solidarity with striking workers Cory Doctorow

politics VA official proudly displays KKK Grand Wizard portrait in his D.C. office, 'I thought it was very nice' Xeni Jardin

Science Promising energy storage technologies for our renewable future Cory Doctorow

books Knights of the Apocalypse, another Duck and Cover adventure Jason Weisberger

Space Look up in the sky! Eta Aquarids meteor shower expected to peak through May 6 Xeni Jardin

politics Violence erupts at Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim, home of Disneyland Xeni Jardin

physics World's most powerful digital camera gets green light from U.S. Dept. of Energy Xeni Jardin

abortion Visiting a "ProLife Training Camp" for young people David Pescovitz