futility closet In 1942, English anthropologist Ursula Graham Bower organized Indian hill people against invading Japanese Futility Closet

music Freaky 1980s Leonard Cohen TV performance David Pescovitz

coronavirus Racial disparity in COVID cases far worse than you imagined, CDC data shows Xeni Jardin

Business T-Mobile hit with cell phone outage, voice and text down for thousands of users throughout U.S. Xeni Jardin

politics VOA to be run by Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, and Trump CEO pick Michael Pack, so two top VOA directors just quit Xeni Jardin

politics Trump on coronavirus: If we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any Xeni Jardin

pranks "Slight Incline/Very Scary" Caution signs go up around Brooklyn, NY Gareth Branwyn

glasses Original nerd glasses from 1756 saved from trash, auctioned for $5k David Pescovitz

gold Lost and found: $200,000 in gold bars David Pescovitz

useful stuff Excellent flexible cutting board set on sale Mark Frauenfelder

ebay Six members of eBay’s global security team charged with sending bloody pig mask to critic Mark Frauenfelder

Space The Space Station is getting a nice new toilet David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Animated chart shows rise of death count from Covid-19 to other causes of death Mark Frauenfelder

Sammy davis jr Watch Sammy Davis Jr. impersonate James Stewart and Laurence Olivier Mark Frauenfelder

Spoken Word with Electronics Space Aliens are no longer visiting Earth due to an allergy to our cell phones Ethan Persoff

extremism John Cleese's 30-year-old rant on extremists seems relevant today Rusty Blazenhoff

white supremacists Noted white nationalist and guy who got punched in the face Richard Spencer is "financially crippled" from lawsuit Thom Dunn

star wars Ewoks without fur are absolutely terrifying Thom Dunn

seattle Fox News confused a Monty Python sketch with the Seattle CHAZ activists Thom Dunn

tattoos Tattoo parlor offers free sessions to cover up of racist symbols David Pescovitz