coronavirus Irish beekeeper's Covid Lego Beehive is fully functional, and houses 30,000 bees Xeni Jardin

Technology North Dakota's COVID-19 contact tracing app leaks location data to Foursquare and a Google Ads ID: Report Xeni Jardin

picks Senate approves John Ratcliffe as top U.S. spy Xeni Jardin

law Man who filmed fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery is arrested for murder, 3rd arrest in Georgia investigation Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Here’s how to get certification-ready to work on Cisco networked systems Boing Boing's Shop

lost and found Virginia family found $1 million cash in the middle of the road David Pescovitz

musk This woman has Elon Musk's old phone number and gets calls and texts meant for him. A lot. David Pescovitz

pop music Joni Mitchell's humblingly beautiful isolated vocals on "River" Gareth Branwyn

Space How to wash your hands… in space David Pescovitz

useful stuff This is the Cadillac of cat litter scoops Mark Frauenfelder

robots Watch this robotic sheepdog manage a flock David Pescovitz

earth abides Jonathan Lethem reviews the 1959 adaptation of Earth Abides, starring Burt Lancaster Mark Frauenfelder

quarantine Excellent lip-sync of The Temptations' "I Can't Get Next to You" Mark Frauenfelder

Funny "In lieu of flowers, please pay someone's open bar tab" David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Good idea: 3D printed glove remover Mark Frauenfelder

Islands Enjoy this weird newsletter/blog about all the exotic Pacific islands you will never visit. Mark Frauenfelder

makers How to build a Viking camp chair Mark Frauenfelder

racism Volkswagen apologizes for racist ad Rob Beschizza

castaways Teaser for documentary about the "real-life Robinson Crusoe boys" Mark Frauenfelder

music There's actually an interesting (and obsessive) story behind Wheatus's "Teenage Dirtbag" Thom Dunn