Science "My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence. It changed astronomy." David Pescovitz
Spoken Word with Electronics Space Aliens are no longer visiting Earth due to an allergy to our cell phones Ethan Persoff
Chaos in America, O.J. Simpson framed by cops, and Brad Pitt’s saggy butt, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Copyfight Minnesota Public Radio sent us one of the weirdest legal threats we've ever received (and they won't explain it) Cory Doctorow
it can and probably will happen here Kurt Eichenwald's Twitter thread about how Trump could cancel the election is keeping people up at night Mark Frauenfelder
science fiction Read: Jeannette Ng's Campbell Award acceptance speech, in which she correctly identifies Campbell as a fascist and expresses solidarity with Hong Kong protesters Cory Doctorow
china From Tiananmen to Occupy Central to the Umbrella Movement to today's General Strike: understanding the Hong Kong uprising Cory Doctorow
elections Shahid Buttar: the civil rights cyberlawyer and community organizer who's challenging Pelosi from the left #ShahidVsPelosi Cory Doctorow
tabloids Celebrity grave-digging, flesh-eating bacteria and alien abductions in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder
aliens The best evidence for extraterrestrials may be their massive engineering projects David Pescovitz
Democrats A Sanders candidacy would make 2020 a referendum on the future, not a referendum on Trump Cory Doctorow