germany Germany's far-right top spy just lost his job after gaslighting the country about right-wing, violent mob Cory Doctorow

germany Germany's top domestic spy advised far right xenophobic political party on how to avoid being billed as "extremists" Cory Doctorow

News Philonise Floyd, brother of slain George Floyd, asks U.N. to investigate police brutality and racist violence against Black Americans Xeni Jardin

News Unhinged Trump coronavirus briefing: 'There will be death,' says 1,000 military personnel going to NY Xeni Jardin

music Join me to watch Talking Heads perform in my living room David Pescovitz

stop motion animation A stop-motion car combat show from Jon Favreau and Seth Green coming to Quibi Gareth Branwyn

turkey Turkish Intelligence developed a smartphone apps that lets its citizens rat each other out Seamus Bellamy

Kids Round birds Andrea James

Kids Cotton balls turned into a colorful garden tool handle Andrea James

jimmy kimmel Snoop Dogg narrates baby iguana's narrow escape from hungry snakes Rusty Blazenhoff

props Watch: How to make a mosquito-in-amber walking cane like the one in Jurassic Park Mark Frauenfelder

politics Idiocracy is coming back to theaters in time for election Andrea James

science fiction Report on the dismal state of black sf/f writers in the short fiction markets Cory Doctorow

publishing Penthouse magazine no longer to be printed Rob Beschizza

disneyland Print out your own map of Disneyland’s Jungle Cruise Richard Kaufman

crime Somebody stole the skull of Nosferatu director FW Murnau David Pescovitz

Spiders sprayed with graphene make super-strong silk Clive Thompson