science fiction The screenwriter of Arrival on how hard it was to adapt Ted Chiang for the screen Rob Beschizza
History Juneteenth: "Emancipation is a marker of progress for white Americans, not black ones." David Pescovitz
politics House passes $3T coronavirus relief act led by Pelosi & Dems, Trump says bill 'DOA' in Senate Xeni Jardin
Delightful Creatures Cop plays recorded peacock mating call to lure escaped zoo animal Mark Frauenfelder
politics Vice President Pence refuses to wear mask for Mayo Clinic visit, despite it asking him to Rob Beschizza
tabloids Coronavirus can make you fat, the Queen is still dying, and a sex tape nightmare, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
recipe Make-your-own DoubleTree chocolate chip cookies with the official, newly-revealed recipe Rusty Blazenhoff
disasters Sci-fi author Ted Chiang on the disaster novel we're currently living through Gareth Branwyn
fandom Dale Cooper shows up on TikTok entering Twin Peaks at the exact moment he drove into the town 31 years earlier Gareth Branwyn
Business 'We are desperate — we need more immigrants.' Mick Mulvaney, Trump's Office of Management and Budget chief Xeni Jardin
enhance Here's what happens when you apply machine learning to enhance the Lumières' 1896 movie "Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat" Mark Frauenfelder
Business About 350 more Wuhan coronavirus evacuees land at California military base from China Xeni Jardin
politics Andrew Cuomo's naked hostility drives out MTA president Andy Byford, the "Train Daddy" who has transformed the world's rail systems Cory Doctorow
politics Canadian "protesters" at Huawei extradition hearing say they were tricked, thought they were in a music video Cory Doctorow
