holidays Be sure to celebrate National Nothing Day today by not celebrating it David Pescovitz

Celebrations Order a special $5 “Moscow Mueller” at D.C. bar every time Trump associate is indicted Robert Spallone

kubrick Kubrick wanted a clear monolith for 2001: A Space Odyssey Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets You won't want to miss out on these Memorial Day kitchen steals Boing Boing's Shop

social distancing High schoolers planning virtual proms Rusty Blazenhoff

News Coronavirus in Ireland: Leo Varadkar’s St Patrick’s Day broadcast (video, full text) Xeni Jardin

Civil War Virginia will eliminate state holiday honoring confederate generals and make Election Day a holiday instead Mark Frauenfelder

health China facing 'grave situation' as Wuhan virus deaths increase, Xi says Xeni Jardin

birds Rooster kills man during illegal cockfight David Pescovitz

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

war Iran War: As U.S. sends 3,500 more troops to mideast, the vibe in Baghdad is bad Xeni Jardin

Space Listen to the Christmas Eve message from the first humans orbiting another world (1968) David Pescovitz

booze These festive cocktails will kick your holiday celebrations up a notch Seamus Bellamy

corruption Defense contractors gleefully report record earnings in divisions that bid on "classified" projects, the fastest-growing part of the Pentagon's budget Cory Doctorow

facebook Amnesty International: Google and Facebook spell trouble for human rights Seamus Bellamy

beautiful machines La Machine's giant fire-breathing dragon John Struan

native americans The White House declared the first "National American History and Founders Month" — and forgot about Native Americans Thom Dunn

books Take a trip with the Family Acid David Pescovitz

drugs Man arrested for attempted smuggling of 5,000 hits of Molly in tubs of Celebrations chocolate David Pescovitz

historical footage Watch: sights and sounds of Tokyo in 1934 Mark Frauenfelder