politics Las Vegas mayor offers city as 'control group' to see how many die of COVID-19 without social distancing Xeni Jardin

facebook Over 30 ex-Facebook employees slam Zuckerberg's inaction on harmful political posts in open letter Carla Sinclair

politics House Dems press Secret Service on payments to Trump Xeni Jardin

art Los Angeles art museum is now free to all starting Saturday: "Like a library, where you can just walk in" Rusty Blazenhoff

christmas In 1986, MTV reunited the Monkees for a "Christmas Medley" Rusty Blazenhoff

race White supremacists record video at the new, bulletproof Emmett Till memorial sign Cory Doctorow

Funny Kid has a real sense of adventure Xeni Jardin

museums Adam Savage goes behind the scenes at the Smithsonian's Exhibits Central Gareth Branwyn

politics Here's a list of the 77 members of House who now favor an impeachment inquiry on Donald Trump Xeni Jardin

gender TOSsed out: EFF catalogs the perverse ways that platform moderation policies hurt the people they're supposed to protect Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The 2019 Locus Award nominees: your guide to the best sf/f of 2018 Cory Doctorow

books RIP, author Carol Emshwiller Cory Doctorow

Food Why you should store your plastic wrap in the freezer David Pescovitz

politics Texas board of education tries to erase Hillary Clinton from history Gina Loukareas

Kids Watch how organic farmers use tractor-mounted flamethrowers on weeds and pests Andrea James

Emergency management FEMA gave woman a $156 million for 30 million meals for Puerto Ricans. She delivered 50,000 Mark Frauenfelder

late stage capitalism Daranide, a 1958 drug, used to be free – now it costs your insurer at least $109,500/year Cory Doctorow

security As the 2020 census catastrophe draws closer, it isn't getting any better Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Lumberjanes 5 & 6: the life aquatic (with riotmrrrrs!) Cory Doctorow

animals I was lucky to have a friend like Lu Jason Weisberger