behind the scenes The story of SNL's cue cards is fascinating. No, really. Rusty Blazenhoff

newsletters Recommended newsletter: Exploding Topics, "a list of rapidly trending topics, insights and analysis." Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus County sheriffs claim that prisoners sleeping head-to-toe count as being "six feet apart" for coronavirus safety Thom Dunn

UFOs Making a flying saucer clock (with data storage) controlled by a Raspberry Pi Gareth Branwyn

Science CLIMATE: 2019 was hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA report Xeni Jardin

language Codifying "Boomerspeak" and debating the ethics of poking fun at it Cory Doctorow

History Public cemeteries as a precondition for the sale of land John Struan

music End.Game: a synth album from 19A0 Rob Beschizza

literacy The Dyslexie Font makes reading easier for people with dyslexia Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants Toronto 2033: science fiction writers imagine the city of the future Cory Doctorow

design Issue design citations with the Typographic Ticket Book Rusty Blazenhoff

Science Five-story-high spikes of ice could make it difficult to land on Jupiter moon David Pescovitz

happy mutants The OZORA music festival is a psychedelic tribal gathering I keep coming back to Ferdinando Buscema

the moving image Interactive animation of why NYC's subway is so slow Clive Thompson

typography Study: two spaces after a period makes reading easier Clive Thompson

Science Expect Northern Lights and power grid fluctuations this week Seamus Bellamy

interviews Interview with Timothy Leary archivist Michael Horowitz Lisa Rein

videos Enjoy this bizarre, spacey, amateurish Breitbart interview with Sean Spicer Cory Doctorow

art New show of Scott Albrecht's exquisite deconstructed typographical art opening in L.A. David Pescovitz

cows Traditional cow summoning song Rob Beschizza