b-side COPS cancelled after 33 seasons Rob Beschizza

videogames COPS, the Atari arcade videogame from 1994 based on the now-cancelled "reality" TV show David Pescovitz

vegetables Check out this enormous carrot Rob Beschizza

drugs Watch Jeanette go from pills to reefer to heroin in this 1961 anti-drug film Andrea James

music And another surprise stunner from Bob Dylan! David Pescovitz

music Douglas Rushkoff on Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (1950-2020) Douglas Rushkoff

corn pop What in the world is Joe Biden going on about in this video? Mark Frauenfelder

nest Mattress shopping with a bad back Jason Weisberger

documentary "Beastie Boys Story" drops in April, watch the first trailer Rusty Blazenhoff

qanon The QAnon cult has started appropriating the Punisher skull logo, too Thom Dunn

big tech Big Tech's CEOs can't possibly fix Big Tech Cory Doctorow

music What's cooler than being cool? Hundreds of musicians protesting ICE and Amazon Thom Dunn

thanksgiving An electric carving knife that looks like a chainsaw Rusty Blazenhoff

security Information security and warfare metaphors: a toxic mix made in hell Cory Doctorow

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

media The British press used to be amazingly homophobic, and the backsliding has begun Rob Beschizza

picks Racist groups banned by Facebook change account names, get right back on, research shows Xeni Jardin

Business Facebook totally blew its own 'we banned the bad guys' PR stunt Xeni Jardin

blood Start-up injects old people with the blood of the young Jason Weisberger

books The Fifth Risk: Michael Lewis explains how the "deep state" is just nerds versus grifters Cory Doctorow