books China has a very Orwellian reason for banning typing "1984" on social media, while allowing people to read Nineteen Eighty-Four Cory Doctorow

drinks The place of gin in Orwell's 1984 Rob Beschizza

surveillance Santa Cam knows when you are sleeping AND awake Rusty Blazenhoff

books George Orwell's letter from his former French teacher, Aldous Huxley, about Nineteen Eighty-Four David Pescovitz

music Ennio Morricone, 1928-2020 Rob Beschizza

eighties Original "Ghostbusters" returns to drive-ins and theaters starting July 1 Rusty Blazenhoff

television The time a man held a news anchor hostage on live TV David Pescovitz

Covid-1984 bullshit Reporter asks why Trump cult covidiots won't wear masks Mark Frauenfelder

movies Return of the Ewok, an unreleased mockumentary starring Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher David Pescovitz

sesame street A dark fan theory explores the illicit affair between Elmo's mom and his Uncle Jack Thom Dunn

drm Justifiably angry man hacks evil GE refrigerator Mark Frauenfelder

politics Google says China- and Iran-backed hackers hit Biden and Trump campaigns Xeni Jardin

movies Watch Leonard Nimoy's 1983 TV documentary about Mr. Spock and Star Trek David Pescovitz

protests D.C. man welcomed over 60 protesters overnight into his home Rusty Blazenhoff

rona Jason Voorhees pandemic mask available Rob Beschizza

music Watch "Mondo Elvis," a short and unsettling 1984 documentary about extreme Elvis Presley fans David Pescovitz

social distancing In quarantine, Thomas Dolby's kids turn dad's hit "Europa…" into "Corona…" Gareth Branwyn

News WHO: Risk of returning to lockdown ‘very real’ if countries don’t manage coronavirus transitions carefully Xeni Jardin