police How every police officer becomes complicit in a terrible system Thom Dunn

rights LISTEN: Cops harassed man filming them, cooked up charges to "cover our ass" Rob Beschizza

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

books "Let's Never Talk About This Again" is a touching memoir about birth, death, and dad's amateur erotica career Thom Dunn

COVID-19 Obsessive-compulsive disorder as practice for COVID-19 David Pescovitz

poetry "Engage in the long, faithful work,” a beautiful graphic poem about learning anti-racism Thom Dunn

Chaos in America, O.J. Simpson framed by cops, and Brad Pitt’s saggy butt, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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

police brutality Police union leader invites bad cops to work in Florida Rob Beschizza

police brutality Police response to protests against police brutality with more brutality Rob Beschizza

police brutality The cop who killed George Floyd has a long record of police brutality Thom Dunn

tabloids Kim Jong-un is dead, Prince Andrew is broke, and Kobe Bryant killed himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

intellectual impropriety Facebook's blatant rip-off of Bitmoji avatars is a legal lesson in skirting copyright Rob Beschizza

science fiction Kim Stanley Robinson on how the coronavirus is rewiring our imaginations Gareth Branwyn

design Stuck on VHS is a visual history of video store stickers Mark Frauenfelder

Games 'How to build a Nintendo Switch' for coronavirus #StayAtHome gaming Xeni Jardin

climate Pollution maps of major cities before and during the coronavirus pandemic Rob Beschizza

coronavirus Introverts' joy of lockdown getting ruined by extroverts filling their schedules with video appointments Mark Frauenfelder

Comics "The Black Ghost" is a fun Latina twist on urban noir superheroes Thom Dunn

COVID-19 What it's like to experience the dreaded COVID-19 "cytokine storm" Gareth Branwyn