foia The strangest FOIA redactions (and FOIA releases) MuckRock has seen over the years JPat Brown

Cooking I finally grew enough strawberries to make ice cream Jason Weisberger

animals Sunbathers surprised by wayward black bear happily swimming at Florida beach (video) David Pescovitz

We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn Disney World's Star Wars dinner theater struggles to succeed Jason Weisberger

florida Fleeing California, a neo-nazi finds Florida his land of opportunity Jason Weisberger

movies Take a look at the first Black child star Devin Nealy

memes Why is 1970s character "Little Miss" having a moment? Jennifer Sandlin

celebrity Pop stars talk about what it's like not to be famous anymore Mark Frauenfelder

Weird What is this deeply weird humanoid corpse washed up on an Australian beach? David Pescovitz

forced vacations Customers stranded in pub for three nights had "truly an amazing experience" Carla Sinclair

kickstarter Kickstart this cool new comic of North American folktales by Indigenous artists Thom Dunn

fires A crystal ball started this home fire David Pescovitz

noads Channeling Timothy Leary on the Centennial of his Birth, October 22, 2020 Boing Boing

Netflix Watch the wonderfully creepy trailer for "I'm Thinking of Ending Things," the new film by Charlie Kaufman Thom Dunn

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

COVID-19 Covid cases are up but fewer patients are needing ventilators. 5 reasons why Mark Frauenfelder

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher's lamp Gina Loukareas

health Are mobile phones actually making young people's skulls develop 'hornlike spikes'? Xeni Jardin

happy mutants EFF awards the Foilies to the government agencies with the worst transparency for 2018 Cory Doctorow

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza