Logitech’s MX Keys [Amazon] is what it finally took to lure me away from mechanical keyboards. It’s a slim yet solidly-constructed full-size model that's similar to and superior to Apple's… Read the rest of the article: Review / Logitech MX Keys

The UK today promised citizenship to 3 million people in Hong Kong, a day after the city was effectively annexed by China. A former British colony established in the 1840s,… Read the rest of the article: Britain offers citizenship to 3 million Hong Kong residents after China crackdown

Behold the new logo Australia shall henceforth use in its international branding efforts. It looks like coronavirus stock art and presumably cost taxpayers millions of dollars. It will directly replace… Read the rest of the article: Australia's new logo looks like coronavirus stock art

Watch the b-roll in this Fox News clip and note who they show wearing masks.pic.twitter.com/f9Cr9xhkDS — Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) July 1, 2020 Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is prominent among… Read the rest of the article: As Texas's Lt. Governor rants about Dr. Fauci, Fox News plays montage of minorities in face masks

In this game of chess, black deploys the Sicilian Defence against 1: e4 to no avail, but follows adroitly with the Trash Talking Like An NPC Gambit. Will it be… Read the rest of the article: Trashtalking in chess

Do you like holes? This perfectly unnerving image of two black holes merging in the accretion disk of another black hole is by Robert Hurt of NASA's Infrared Processing and… Read the rest of the article: Family of black holes

FJRD Interactive's Among Trees offers a gorgeous early-access trip to the woods.

Europe is reopening its borders to travelers as the coronavirus pandemic subsides in most developed countries. But not to those coming from the U.S., where the virus's spread remains largely… Read the rest of the article: Europe bans travelers from US over Covid fears

In a year of old-school dystopian catastrophes, here's one that's refreshingly futuristic: the UK is making it legal to use small electric scooters on Britain's roads, but not your small… Read the rest of the article: UK to allow electric scooters on roads, but only if you rent one

The Financial Times' latest chart of newly confirmed cases by state per capita, represented as a seven-day rolling average, suggests that the best place to go on vacation this summer… Read the rest of the article: Chart shows states where Covid is spiking

Taylor Lorentz is chronicling internet drama brilliantly for the New York Times, and her latest report is on the quasi-downfall of two high-flying YouTubers, Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star. They… Read the rest of the article: Top YouTube influencers canceled

The Associated Press reports that Trump was briefed on Russia's cash-for-corpses program in 2019. He kept it to himself then, and kept it to himself when he was briefed again… Read the rest of the article: AP: Trump aware of Russian price on U.S. troops' heads since 2019

Parler is a Twitter competitor that's attracting conservatives, including politicians, who think Twitter is biased against them.

🎵 Karen's Got A Gun🎵 You know I had to make a song for these two. pic.twitter.com/C0qhPhXVZf — Jonathan Mann (@songadaymann) June 29, 2020 Jonathan "Song A Day" Mann (Previously)… Read the rest of the article: Karen's Got a Gun, the song

Pro-Trump sub The_Donald was never a pleasant place, but the bubbling sewer of racism and toxic behaviour has become too disgusting even for Reddit. Today the site banned the forum.… Read the rest of the article: Reddit finally kills The_Donald

The Supreme Court today struck down Louisiana's restrictions on abortion, with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the liberals to form a 5-4 majority. Roberts wrote that the case is nearly… Read the rest of the article: Supreme Court strikes down abortion restrictions in 5-4 ruling

The photos show an angry white couple, barefoot on the lawn of their mansion, pointing guns at predominantly black protestors marching on the sidewalk and street nearby. In an age… Read the rest of the article: St Louis couple point guns at peaceful protestors on street by mansion

Our zombie gnome was completely faded gray by the sun. I decided to repaint him "normally" to see what it would look like, and was enchanted by the cowering, fearful… Read the rest of the article: I repainted a zombie gnome to see what it would look like and now I have a cowering gnome

To distract from news that he was sitting on intelligence that the Russian military had posted a bounty on U.S. and U.K. soldiers, Trump tweeted a video of one of… Read the rest of the article: Trump tweets video of supporter yelling "white power"

The no-contact door opener [Amazon] is a small brassy tool that levers open door handles, can be used to press buttons or as a stylus for payment systems, and is… Read the rest of the article: Contactless door opener and stylus