gender This gender reveal could benefit from some social distancing Thom Dunn

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

politics 'We're gonna lose over 100,000 perhaps,' Trump says of deaths, and 'Nobody blames me for that' on job losses Xeni Jardin

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

AI Peter Thiel claims AI is "Leninist" and "literally communist" in a sprawling speech for a think tank Thom Dunn

australia KISS played a concert on a boat for great white sharks, but none of them showed up Thom Dunn

censorship Georgia college students started burning books because someone called them white Thom Dunn

happy mutants Boing Boing's own Rob Beschizza interviewed on the Cool Tools podcast Mark Frauenfelder

cybersecurity PSA: Digital scammers will try to scam you Seamus Bellamy

instagram Facebook promised to curb anti-vaccine content but 2 months later Instagram still has lots of it Xeni Jardin

happy mutants SO LATE SO SOON: fun, genre-celebrating SF for young readers (of all ages!) Harry Tynan AKA Moose Malloy

christ what an asshole Alex Jones's deposition over his role in the harassment of Sandy Hook parents is a total shitshow Cory Doctorow

politics Judge Amy Berman Jackson imposes gag order on Roger Stone, can no longer speak publicly about the investigation or case Xeni Jardin

happy mutants How to Win Friends and Convince People to Watch Eurovision Catherynne Valente

fake news Hillary Clinton’s funeral plans, and how to be like Donald Trump, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

television Grant Morrison on Happy! "the world is a nihilistic hellhole plunging toward screaming entropy, but … we have hope" Thomas Negovan

sexual harassment Notes from the #MeToo march: thoughts and prayers can't right what is wrong Maureen Herman

photography The Toadman of Clawson, Michigan Michael Borys

trump A rape survivor on Trump's "Locker Room Talk" Evan J. Peterson