gambling Professional sports bettors are desperate to capitalize on coronavirus, too Thom Dunn

sports The Fantasy Sports Gamble: Frontline and NYT online sports betting exposé Xeni Jardin

prediction market Betting market favors a Biden win Mark Frauenfelder

protest Oakland's past-curfew protest turns into a massive dance party Rusty Blazenhoff

News George Floyd killing: Derek Chauvin charges elevated to 2nd degree murder, and 3 more Minneapolis officers charged Xeni Jardin

Business Vudu, Walmart's streaming service, to be bought by Comcast-owned Fandango Xeni Jardin

Gadgets These golf accessories will let you practice your game without leaving the house Boing Boing's Shop

fox news Fox News' Brit Hume posts website screenshot with "Sexy Vixen Vinyl" in other tab Rob Beschizza

serious business Mike Bloomberg launches zany meme campaign Rob Beschizza

gwot One of the CIA's waterboarding torturers called himself "The Preacher" and shouted religious nonsense while performing executions Cory Doctorow

graeber Banks have returned to the pre-2008 world of automatic credit-limit increases for credit cards used by already indebted people Cory Doctorow

law Newsletter detailing the world of white collar crime John Struan

happy mutants Visualizing herd immunity Cory Doctorow

apple Apple bans an app because Hong Kong protesters might use it to avoid the murderous, out of control police Cory Doctorow

cars Video: the mathematics of where to park your car David Pescovitz

Technology This TV only looks old, it's really a 20" LCD with modern inputs Rusty Blazenhoff

Business The guy who figured out Bernie Madoff's scam now says GE is about to go bankrupt Cory Doctorow

health Big Pharma's origin: how the Chicago School and private equity shifted medicine's focus from health to wealth Cory Doctorow

crime Inmate attempts prison escape disguised as his teenage daughter David Pescovitz

crime US Conference of Mayors adopts a resolution to never pay off ransomware attackers Cory Doctorow